Eight men have been arrested following a sweeping law enforcement operation targeting a brutal gang-related kidnapping and torture case in San Joaquin County, California.
On 11 July 2025, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office AGNET Unit, in coordination with SWAT teams from the Stockton Police Department, Manteca Police Department, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office, and the FBI, executed five simultaneous search warrants across the county as part of an ongoing investigation into violent gang activity.
The suspects taken into custody have been identified as Dilpreet Singh, Arshpreet Singh, Amritpal Singh, Vishal (surname not released), Pavittar Singh, Gurtaj Singh, Manpreet Randhawa, and Sarabjit Singh.
Each has been booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on a range of serious felony charges including kidnapping, torture, false imprisonment, conspiracy to commit a crime, dissuading a witness, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, making threats to terrorize, and felony gang enhancement.
Investigators have also laid a series of weapons-related charges, including possession of a machine gun, illegal possession of an assault weapon, manufacturing and selling high-capacity magazines, manufacturing a short-barrelled rifle, and carrying a loaded, unregistered handgun.
During the coordinated searches, law enforcement officers recovered five handguns, including a fully-automatic Glock, one assault rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, several high-capacity magazines, and more than $15,000 in cash.
The arrests are part of the FBI’s national Summer Heat initiative, a concentrated effort to disrupt and dismantle violent criminal networks operating in American communities. According to the FBI, the operation reflects Director Patel’s commitment to “crushing crime and restoring safety in neighbourhoods across the country.”
Authorities have thanked all partner agencies involved for their professionalism and coordinated action in making San Joaquin County safer.
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