EDMONTON A nearly six-month-long investigation by various law enforcement agencies in eastern Alberta have led to two arrests and kilograms worth of drugs seized. Mounties say approximately $80,000 in cash believed to be proceeds of crime, over seven kilograms of suspected drugs, two kilograms worth of suspected buffering agents, and a number of prohibited firearms were seized through three coordinated search warrants. According to police, the drugs seized amount to around 60,000 doses. RCMP say a drug investigation from September 2020 where a Myrnam, Alta., resident was allegedly trafficking methamphetamine in the St. Paul and Bonnyville region lead them to other drug operations in eastern Alberta.
Trio charged after $3M in drugs, cash seized in Calgary
Last Updated May 13, 2021 at 11:12 am MDT
ALERT has charged three people after seizing $3M in cash and drugs in Calgary. (CREDIT: ALERT)
CALGARY – Police in Calgary have charged three people after seizing $3 million worth of cash and drugs.
The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team says late last month its organized crime and gang team seized enough methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and GHB (AKA the date rape drug) to equal an estimated 100,000 doses.
BREAKING: $3M in drugs, cash seized in Calgary. ALERT seized enough methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and GHB to equal an estimated 100,000 doses.
CALGARY The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) organized crime unit in Calgary seized an estimated $3 million worth of drugs and cash from two homes, including what is believed to be the province s largest ever seizure of gamma-hydroxybutyrate, known as GHB. The busts happened April 27 at two homes one in the neighbourhood of Killarney and another in Bankview following a short-term investigation into alleged drug trafficking . ALERT seized enough methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and GHB to equal an estimated 100,000 doses, read a release. The GHB seizure of 113.5 litres is believed to be the largest seizure of its kind in Alberta.
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Edmonton city police have seized thousands of dollars worth of illegal drugs and charged two men and a woman following a four-month-long investigation.
Edmonton Police Service along with the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) began an investigation into possible drug trafficking by a 44-year-old man back in January. Months later, police arrested the 44-year-old and a 38-year-old woman on April 29 after the two were seen travelling in a vehicle.
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