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Medicine Hat… Just over a kilogram of methamphetamine was seized in Medicine Hat in what is believed to be the city’s largest meth seizure. ALERT, Medicine Hat Police, Lethbridge Police, and RCMP were involved in the investigation. ALERT Medicine Hat’s organized crime team made the seizure in the early morning hours of December 8, 2017,… Read more »

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Medicine Hat… More than $50,000 worth of drugs and cash has been seized from a suspected drug dealer in Brooks. ALERT, Brooks RCMP and Medicine Hat Police teamed up to make the arrest. On November 24, 2017, ALERT’s Medicine Hat organized crime team searched a Brooks home in relation to a drug trafficking investigation. One… Read more »

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Calgary… A year-long investigation into a Calgary-based drug trafficking network has led to one of Alberta’s largest drug seizures. More than $4 million worth of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine was seized by ALERT. Project Offshore was an investigation by ALERT Calgary’s organized crime and gang team that focused on a drug trafficking consortium operating in… Read more »

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Rocky Mountain House, Alberta – A 30-year-old man from Rocky Mountain House has been arrested for child luring following an investigation by Rocky Mountain House RCMP and ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit. Tyler James Cumberland was arrested on November 16, 2017 following allegations of online sexualized chats involving a 12-year-old girl. The two met through… Read more »

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Lethbridge… Following a joint investigation between ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit, Blood Tribe Police and Lethbridge Police, a 24-year-old man has been arrested for a number of child pornography offences. Cody Wright was arrested on November 8, 2017 at a home on the Blood Tribe First Nation Reserve with the assistance of the Blood Tribe… Read more »

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Edmonton… ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit has charged a 60-year-old Edmonton man with child exploitation-related offences. The suspect’s residence operated as an unlicensed child care home and he is an employee of Alberta Children’s Services. Rae Neveu was arrested on November 8, 2017 by the ICE unit with the assistance of Edmonton Police Service. Neveu… Read more »

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Lethbridge… Two people have been arrested by ALERT after a shotgun and cocaine were seized as part of a Lethbridge drug trafficking investigation. ALERT’s Lethbridge organized crime and gang team made the seizure on October 19, 2017 when a home in the 1200-block of 6 Avenue South was searched. Lethbridge Police Service and RCMP investigators… Read more »

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Edmonton… A 54-year-old Morinville man has been arrested by ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation team. The suspect allegedly used social media applications to trade child pornography and was involved in child luring. Jeffrey Paul Veenbaas, 54, was arrested on October 17, 2017 with the assistance of Morinville RCMP. ICE charged Veenbaas with possession of child pornography,… Read more »

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Fort McMurray… One suspected drug dealer has been arrested but ALERT is looking for an additional suspect following a drug raid that took place in Fort McMurray. Mohamed Mehdi Assiani, 34, is wanted by police for his suspected role in a Fort McMurray drug trafficking operation. He is wanted on charges of possession for the… Read more »

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