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 […]
Two Men Arrested in Fort McMurray Drug Bust
February 28, 2014 Two Men Arrested in Fort McMurray Drug Bust Fort McMurray…Two men have been arrested in an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) drug trafficking investigation in Fort McMurray. More than $22,000 worth of cash and drugs was recovered. ALERT’s Wood Buffalo Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), with the assistance of […]
More GHB seized in Edmonton
February 26, 2014 More GHB seized in Edmonton Edmonton… More than five litres of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) were seized in search warrants executed by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) and four people have been arrested. ALERT’s Edmonton Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), with the assistance of Edmonton Police Service and RCMP members, seized […]
Large Amount of Heroin Seized in Edmonton Home
February 25, 2014 Large Amount of Heroin Seized in Edmonton Home Edmonton… Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) have made their largest heroin seizure in more than five years, seizing nearly $100,000 worth of heroin from an Edmonton home and recovering three firearms. ALERT’s Edmonton Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), with the assistance […]
ALERT surpasses $500 million worth of drugs seized
February 21, 2014 ALERT surpasses $500 million worth of drugs seized Calgary… Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) have seized more than $500 million worth of drugs from Alberta streets since being formed by the province in 2006 to tackle serious and organized crime. “The more than half a billion dollars of seized drugs […]
Alberta Avenue home cleaned up following ALERT investigation
February 20, 2014 Alberta Avenue home cleaned up following ALERT investigation Edmonton… An Alberta Avenue home that for years has been a haven for drug addicts and prostitutes will be cleaned up thanks to an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation. ALERT’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) team will board-up and vacate the home […]
Share with Care: ALERT offers Warning on Safer Internet Day
February 11, 2014 Share with Care: ALERT offers Warning on Safer Internet Day Edmonton… On Safer Internet Day, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) is asking parents and young people to be more aware of the risks and consequences involved with online image sharing. Last year ALERT’s Integrated Child Exploitation (ICE) unit investigated over […]
Hells Angel Member Arrested, Guns and Drugs Seized
February 6, 2014 Hells Angel Member Arrested, Guns and Drugs Seized Edmonton…Ten people have been arrested, including one member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, and they are facing a total of 39 drug and weapon related charges with the conclusion of an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation. On January 30th, ALERT’s […]
Drugs, Guns, and Pills Seized from Lac Ste Anne area Grow-op
January 31st, 2014 Drugs, Guns, and Pills Seized from Lac Ste Anne area Grow-op Spruce Grove/Stony Plain RCMP Drug section and Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team’s (ALERT) Green Team North worked together to gather information relating to a grow operation in the Rich Valley area North-west of Onoway. With assistance from the RCMP Emergency Response […]
