News Release Archives > April 2015

Edmonton… Search warrants were executed in two Edmonton homes by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) in a drug bust with ties to Kelowna, B.C. ALERT Edmonton, an integrated team consisting of Alberta Sheriffs, Edmonton Police Service, and RCMP members, seized more than $375,000 worth of drugs in raids on April 23. Five people from… Read more »

• Tags:
• british columbia,
• cocaine,
• cocaine conversion,
• cocaine press,
• kelowna,
• marihuana,
• MDMA,
• phenacetin,
• proceeds of crime,
• psilocybin

• Categories:
• Edmonton,
• Organized Crime & Gangs

Edmonton… A series of four search warrants were executed in Edmonton as Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) conducted a targeted investigation into a cocaine supply group. ALERT Edmonton, an integrated team consisting of Edmonton Police Service and RCMP members, seized more than seven kilograms of cocaine and quantities of other drugs on April 16…. Read more »

• Tags:
• cocaine,
• dirty few,
• marihuana,
• MDMA,
• omg,
• outlaw motorcycle gang,
• phenacetin,
• proceeds of crime

• Categories:
• Edmonton,
• Organized Crime & Gangs

Grande Prairie…A short-term investigation by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) has led to drug and weapons charges against three Grande Prairie residents. ALERT Grande Prairie, with the assistance of local RCMP members, executed a search warrant at a southeast Grande Prairie home on April 17. ALERT seized a loaded sawed-off shotgun, nearly $30,000 worth… Read more »

• Tags:
• cocaine,
• cocaine press,
• fentanyl,
• firearms,
• methamphetamine,
• prescription pills,
• proceeds of crime

• Categories:
• Grande Prairie,
• Organized Crime & Gangs

Medicine Hat… A Medicine Hat man suspected of trafficking fentanyl has been arrested a second time by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT). Jason Tremblay, 38, was arrested of April 14 by members of ALERT Medicine Hat, with assistance from Medicine Hat Police Service and RCMP. Nearly 600 fentanyl pills were seized, worth an estimated… Read more »

• Tags:
• cash,
• fentanyl,
• proceeds of crime

• Categories:
• Medicine Hat,
• Organized Crime & Gangs

Calgary… More than $117,000 in cash proceeds of crime was seized from a suspected Calgary fentanyl trafficker by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT). ALERT Calgary, an integrated team consisting of Calgary Police Service and RCMP members, made an arrest and seizure on March 31 to conclude a short-term fentanyl trafficking investigation. Jamal Louisy, 28,… Read more »

• Tags:
• cocaine,
• fentanyl,
• proceeds

• Categories:
• Calgary,
• Organized Crime & Gangs

Calgary… A short-term investigation by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), with support from the Calgary Police Service (CPS) Drug Unit, has led to drug trafficking charges against two Calgary brothers. More than $400,000 worth of drugs and four firearms were seized by ALERT Calgary, an integrated team consisting of CPS and RCMP members. The… Read more »

• Tags:
• cannabis resin,
• cash,
• cocaine,
• coventry hills,
• fentanyl,
• heroin,
• methamphetamine,
• phenacetin,
• wanted

• Categories:
• Calgary,
• Organized Crime & Gangs

Grande Prairie… Three people have been arrested by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) for their alleged roles in smuggling drugs into the Peace River Correctional Centre (PRCC). The ALERT Grande Prairie investigation dates back to March 2014 when a correctional peace officer was charged along with two people for attempting to smuggle marihuana, oxycodone… Read more »

• Tags:
• conspiracy,
• correctional officer,
• marihuana,
• methamphetamine,
• peace river

• Categories:
• Grande Prairie,
• Organized Crime & Gangs