Calgary…A joint investigation between ALERT and Stettler RCMP has uncovered one of the largest illegal marihuana grow-ops in the province. With a plant count of 3,284, the grow-op has an estimated street value of nearly $4 million. ALERT’s Green Team, an integrated unit consisting of Calgary Police Service and RCMP members, dismantled the grow-op on… Read more »
Edmonton… Following a lengthy investigation by ALERT’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) team, a Community Safety Order has been granted against Edmonton’s Royal Western Motel. SCAN began their investigation into the Royal Western Motel in November 2013 after receiving community complaints surrounding drug trafficking and prostitution. During the investigation, SCAN witnessed multiple drug transactions taking… Read more »
Medicine Hat… Five Medicine Hat residents have been arrested by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) following a drug bust that resulted in the seizure of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and weapons. ALERT Medicine Hat, an integrated team consisting of Medicine Hat Police Service and RCMP members, made the arrest and seizure on October 9 to… Read more »
Fort McMurray…Three Toronto men have been arrested after cocaine and a loaded handgun were seized. The arrests come following a joint investigation between Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) and RCMP Wood Buffalo. ALERT’s Wood Buffalo team made the arrest October 8, as part of an on-going effort to address the Fort McMurray drug trade… Read more »
Red Deer… A 40-year-old Blackfalds man has been charged by Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams for online child sexual exploitation offences allegedly committed against a Pennsylvania girl. Brian Haberman was arrested on October 7 by members of ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit, with assistance from Blackfalds RCMP and Red Deer RCMP. Haberman allegedly travelled… Read more »
Grande Prairie… Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) has seized a stolen handgun and drugs from a suspected Grande Prairie drug dealer. ALERT Grande Prairie made the seizure on October 2 after searching a home in Grande Prairie’s Countryside South neighbourhood. With the assistance of RCMP Grande Prairie members, ALERT seized 28 grams of cocaine,… Read more »
