Article content Providing an update at Thursday’s Edmonton Police Commission meeting, Chief Dale McFee said more than 550 firearms have been seized this year as of June 30, an equivalent of three a week, and a concerning 16 per cent increase from 2020. McFee said the police service is working to clamp down on this rise in crime and remove guns from the streets. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or 'Ridiculously scary': Gun seizures in Edmonton up 16 per cent from last year, police responded to 14 shootings in June Back to video A lot of the recent violence has been found to be drug-involved, McFee said, specifically pointing to methamphetamine. A double attempted murder earlier this month in the city’s west end stands out as a concern for McFee because it was a completely random attack with the two victims not known to the 49-year-old suspect who is now facing charges.