AK-47 Seized in Million-Dollar Drug Bust

 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 […]

Grande Prairie Drug Ring Busted

 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 […]

Nearly $50,000 worth of Drugs Seized

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) […]

Hells Angels Members Charged in ALERT Investigation

 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.        […]

ALERT Investigation into Hells Angels

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 […]

Fort McMurray Teacher’s Assistant Facing Child Exploitation Charges

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 […]

Problem Property in Forest Lawn Shuttered

  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 […]

Conference Aims to Increase Human Trafficking Awareness

 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 […]

Operation ICE Storm nets 10 Child Porn Offenders

 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), […]

Red Deer man wanted following drug seizure

 April 9, 2014    Red Deer man wanted following drug seizure  Red Deer…Cody Dheilly-Labelle, a 26-year-old Red Deer man, is wanted by police for a drug-related charge following a recent drug trafficking investigation by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).     ALERT’s Red Deer Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), with the assistance of Red Deer […]