Grande Prairie Man Charged for Importing Drugs

 July 31, 2014    Grande Prairie Man Charged for Importing Drugs  Grande Prairie… A 39-year-old Grande Prairie man has been arrested following allegations he attempted to import Oxycodone pills from overseas via a courier parcel.     The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) collaborated to arrest Trenton William Zeyha, […]

Trafficking Charges in Medicinal Grow-op Arrest

 July 25, 2014    Trafficking Charges in Medicinal Grow-op Arrest  Calgary… Two people have been arrested and are facing drug trafficking charges after an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team investigation into a Calgary medicinal marihuana grow-op.     ALERT’s Green Team, along with members of the RCMP and Calgary Police Service, dismantled a 107-plant marihuana grow-op in […]

Charges Pending after Medicinal Marihuana Grow-op Dismantled

 July 17, 2014    Charges Pending after Medicinal Marihuana Grow-op Dismantled  Edmonton… Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team’s (ALERT) Green Team in partnership with Wetaskawin RCMP have dismantled a 372-plant marihuana grow-operation in rural Wetaskawin County.     Investigators executed a search warrant at a rural home just outside of Millet on July 16th. The property was an […]

18 Kilograms of Marihuana Seized in Grow Op Bust

 July 14, 2014    18 Kilograms of Marihuana Seized in Grow Op Bust  Calgary… More than 18 kilograms of marihuana was seized from a northeast Calgary grow-op as the result of a joint investigation between the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) and Calgary Police Service (CPS).     On July 9, members of ALERT’s Green Team […]

Online Classified Ads Used to Sell Drugs

 July 11, 2014    Online Classified Ads Used to Sell Drugs  Edmonton… An Edmonton drug dealer, who used a popular online classifieds website to sell his product, has been arrested by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).     On July 9, members of ALERT Edmonton with assistance from the Edmonton Police Service, arrested the alleged […]

Community Concerns Prompt Calgary Home Closure

July 7, 2014    Community Concerns Prompt Calgary Home Closure  Calgary… A Huntington Hills home that for the past year has plagued the Calgary neighbourhood with drug activity will be vacated thanks to an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation.     In response to community concerns over public safety, ALERT’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods team […]

Alleged Child Predator Caught in Fort McMurray Hotel Sting

July 3, 2014 Alleged Child Predator Caught in Fort McMurray Hotel Sting Fort McMurray… Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has arrested a 30-year-old Fort McMurray man following allegations he attempted to arrange for sex with an underage girl. Jason Arthur Laurier was arrested inside a Fort McMurray hotel, where the accused presumed he was meeting a […]