A Surrey, B.C., father said his family is still shaken three weeks after members of the provincial extortion task force staged a daytime raid on their home while carrying out a search warrant related to a man living in their basement suite.

Sameer Arora said on Oct. 24 a full tactical squad of approximately 25 individuals blocked his street with police ca rs, as officers with weapons drawn and police dogs in tow descended on his home without warning, bashing down the property’s front gate and basement door.

“They would have broken down the front door as well if my children hadn’t been home,” Arora said.

The subject of the search warrant, an approximately 21-year-old man, wasn’t home at the time. Arora said an officer told him the young man was a suspect in an extortion and firearms

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