Police in Surrey are cautioning the public amid an ongoing investigation into men being drugged and robbed while using escort services..In the fall of 2021, Surrey RCMP launched an investigation after officers linked a series of men who reported having their belongings stolen after being drugged while using an escort service..In one of the incidents a man died, and police believe he’d been administered a substance during the encounter..The multi-jurisdictional investigation, spearheaded by Surrey RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit, led investigators to a suspect who police allege committed multiple offences in Surrey, Burnaby, Langley, and Vancouver..On Thursday police confirmed they’d arrested Vancouver’s Jessica Nicole Renee Kane, 30, and charged her with the following offences:.ManslaughterSeven counts of administering a stupefying or overpowering drug or substanceSix counts of theft over $5000One count of theftFour counts of fraudTwo counts of extortion.“Investigators believe there could be others in the community who may have information, but are reluctant to come forward to police,” said Surrey RCMP’s Corporal Vanessa Munn..“We are encouraging anyone with information to come forward and make a police report with the Surrey RCMP Serious Crime Unit.”.Kane remains in custody while she awaits her next court appearance..Prostitution is a lucrative industry that runs rampant throughout Metro Vancouver's underbelly, and online services are notoriously entwined with organized crime groups that engage in human trafficking..In 2019 Toronto police arrested four people for trafficking a 17-year-old girl throughout the GTA area using this particular site. Two of the four arrested allegedly befriended the girl, providing her with drugs and alcohol before sexually assaulting and subsequently trafficking her to "numerous clients," pocketing all of the money, police said at the time.
Police in Surrey are cautioning the public amid an ongoing investigation into men being drugged and robbed while using escort services..In the fall of 2021, Surrey RCMP launched an investigation after officers linked a series of men who reported having their belongings stolen after being drugged while using an escort service..In one of the incidents a man died, and police believe he’d been administered a substance during the encounter..The multi-jurisdictional investigation, spearheaded by Surrey RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit, led investigators to a suspect who police allege committed multiple offences in Surrey, Burnaby, Langley, and Vancouver..On Thursday police confirmed they’d arrested Vancouver’s Jessica Nicole Renee Kane, 30, and charged her with the following offences:.ManslaughterSeven counts of administering a stupefying or overpowering drug or substanceSix counts of theft over $5000One count of theftFour counts of fraudTwo counts of extortion.“Investigators believe there could be others in the community who may have information, but are reluctant to come forward to police,” said Surrey RCMP’s Corporal Vanessa Munn..“We are encouraging anyone with information to come forward and make a police report with the Surrey RCMP Serious Crime Unit.”.Kane remains in custody while she awaits her next court appearance..Prostitution is a lucrative industry that runs rampant throughout Metro Vancouver's underbelly, and online services are notoriously entwined with organized crime groups that engage in human trafficking..In 2019 Toronto police arrested four people for trafficking a 17-year-old girl throughout the GTA area using this particular site. Two of the four arrested allegedly befriended the girl, providing her with drugs and alcohol before sexually assaulting and subsequently trafficking her to "numerous clients," pocketing all of the money, police said at the time.
