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B.C. man with gang ties wanted Canada-wide after vanishing upon prison release

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Vancouver police are searching for a convicted federal offender who failed to check into his halfway house upon release from prison.

Harjot Singh Samra, 27, is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.

Harjot Singh Samra is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.
Harjot Singh Samra is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. Vancouver police

In a media release, police said Samra was meant to check into the facility Thursday.

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Police later spotted him driving near Cambie Street and Marine Drive around 6 p.m., but he sped away when they tried to stop him, according to the release.

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Vancouver police say Samra served time for “numerous drug and weapons offences.”

Samra was arrested and charged with gun and drug trafficking in 2017 as a part of the VPD’s ‘Project Tariff” investigation targeting the Heer/Dhillon/Samra crime group.

At the time, police said the group had been locked in conflict with other crime groups on the Lower Mainland.

During the investigation, police seized several semi-automatic rifles and shotguns, along with heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil.

Anyone who sees Samra or has information about his whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately.

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