May 1, 2014 AK-47 Seized in Million-Dollar Drug Bust Calgary…A fully automatic AK-47 assault rifle was seized alongside nearly $1 million worth of illegal drugs in a recent drug trafficking takedown by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT). The six-month investigation focused on several individuals who had recently relocated from Vancouver’s lower mainland, and… Read more »
April 29, 2014 Grande Prairie Drug Ring Busted Grande Prairie…Drugs, guns, and cash were seized after Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) shutdown a local dial-a-dope network. Four people are facing a total of 61 charges as result of the investigation. “These important arrests highlight the success of the ALERT model and its coordinated… Read more »
April 28, 2014 Nearly $50,000 worth of Drugs Seized Medicine Hat… Nearly $50,000 worth of drugs were seized after search warrants were executed in Medicine Hat and Dunmore by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT). ALERT’s Medicine Hat Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), an integrated team made up Medicine Hat Police Service (MHPS)… Read more »
April 24, 2014 UPDATE: Hells Angels Members Charged in ALERT Investigation Edmonton… Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), with the assistance of the RCMP, Alberta Sheriffs, and the Edmonton Police Service, executed 10 search warrants on the morning of April 23rd as part of an on-going investigation into the Hells Angels motorcycle club. … Read more »
April 23, 2014 ALERT Investigation into Hells Angels Edmonton… Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), with the assistance of the RCMP, Alberta Sheriffs, and the Edmonton Police Service, executed 10 search warrants on the morning of April 23rd as part of an on-going investigation into the Hells Angels motorcycle club. A number of… Read more »
April 22, 2014 Fort McMurray Teacher’s Assistant Facing Child Exploitation Charges Fort McMurray…A Fort McMurray Public School District a teacher’s assistant has been arrested and charged with a range of child exploitation offences following an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation. Russell Hancock, 35, was arrested on April 18th by ALERT’s Northern Alberta… Read more »
April 22, 2014 Problem Property in Forest Lawn Shuttered Calgary… A Forest Lawn residence that for years has plagued the neighbourhood with drug activity, has been vacated thanks to an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation. On the morning of April 22, ALERT’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) team vacated the… Read more »
April 11, 2014 Conference Aims to Increase Human Trafficking Awareness Calgary… Law enforcement members, crown prosecutors, government officials, and service providers are meeting in Banff next week to discuss human trafficking. The conference aims to better inform and equip individuals who respond to, investigate, or prosecute human trafficking cases. The conference, which runs… Read more »
April 10, 2014 Operation ICE Storm nets 10 Child Porn Offenders Calgary… Ten people from across Southern Alberta have been implicated in Operation “ICE Storm”, a four-month child pornography sting executed by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT). ALERT’s Southern Alberta Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) team, with the assistance of Calgary Police Service (CPS),… Read more »
