Drug Charges for Correctional Officer

March 31, 2014    Drug Charges for Correctional Officer  Grande Prairie… A Correctional Peace Officer at the Peace River Correctional Centre (PRCC) was arrested and is facing drug charges following an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation.     On March 27th ALERT’s Grande Prairie Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), with the assistance of Peace […]

Outlaw Bikers Arrested in Drayton Valley

March 27, 2014    Outlaw Bikers Arrested in Drayton Valley  Edmonton… Four members of the Drayton Valley chapter of the Warlocks outlaw motorcycle club have been arrested and eight firearms were seized following an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation.       Edmonton Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), with the assistance from RCMP Drayton Valley, […]

Grande Prairie Drug Network Crippled by Series of Arrests

 March 25, 2014    Grande Prairie Drug Network Crippled by Series of Arrests  Grande Prairie… Eight people have been arrested following an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation into a Grande Prairie-based drug trafficking network with ties to Halifax, Nova Scotia.   On March 19th, Grande Prairie Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) wrapped up a […]

Marihuana Grow-op located in Lamont

March 18, 2014    Marihuana Grow-op located in Lamont  Edmonton… A total of 282 marihuana plants were seized from a Lamont home last week in an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) grow-op investigation.     ALERT’s Green Team North, and members of the Edmonton Police Service and Fort Saskatchewan RCMP executed a search warrant at a […]

ALERT makes cocaine seizure in Suffield

March 14, 2014    ALERT makes cocaine seizure in Suffield  Medicine Hat… A 50-year-old man was arrested in Suffield on March 12th as part of an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) drug trafficking investigation.     ALERT’s Medicine Hat Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), with the assistant of Medicine Hat Police Service (MHPS) and Redcliff […]

International Auto Theft Network Foiled

March 13, 2014    International Auto Theft Network Foiled  Edmonton… An international auto theft network with ties to organized crime has been foiled following a lengthy investigation spearheaded by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), Alberta Government, and the RCMP.   Over one hundred stolen vehicles have been identified as stolen in a complex scheme that […]

Gun Trafficker handed three-and-a-half-year sentence

 March 5, 2014    Gun Trafficker handed three-and-a-half-year sentence  Edmonton… A St. Paul man who illegally sold 55 restricted firearms has been handed a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence following a 2012 Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation.      Trevor Melnyk, 33 years old, was sentenced in Edmonton provincial court on March 5th following his guilty plea […]

More than 700 Marihuana Plants Seized in Calgary Grow-Op

March 3, 2014    More than 700 Marihuana Plants Seized in Calgary Grow-Op  Calgary…Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) have dismantled a 743 plant marihuana grow operation in Calgary’s Harvest Hills neighbourhood. The value of the plants and growing equipment seized is over $900,000.     ALERT’s Green Team South, an integrated team made up Calgary Police […]