News Release Archives > August 2018

Edmonton… A joint investigation between ALERT and RCMP’s Federal Serious and Organized Crime has dismantled an extensive cocaine distribution network linked to a member of the Hells Angels and support club members. Project Entry was a year-long investigation that resulted in 10 people charged with 45 criminal offences. Those accused allegedly fulfilled various roles within… Read more »

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Fort McMurray… Four people, including a Toronto man wanted for attempted murder, have been arrested in Fort McMurray for allegedly trafficking fentanyl. ALERT Fort McMurray’s organized crime team made the arrest on August 23, 2018, when an apartment in the 100-block of Loutit Road was searched. The RCMP K-Division Emergency Response Team and RCMP Wood… Read more »

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Edmonton… ALERT Edmonton’s organized crime and gang team has shut down a fentanyl production lab operating out of a home in southeast Edmonton. Two people were arrested and nearly $1 million worth of drugs were seized. With the help of the Edmonton Police Service’s Clandestine Lab Team, ALERT investigators executed a search warrant on the… Read more »

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Fort McMurray… One man has been arrested and $2,200 worth of cash and drugs have been seized after ALERT’s Fort McMurray organized crime and gang team wrapped up a three-month investigation. On August 8, 2018, ALERT investigators arrested a male suspect outside a business in the Eagle Ridge neighbourhood of Fort McMurray. At the time… Read more »

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Edmonton… A cocaine trafficking network operating out of Edmonton, Sherwood Park and Fort McMurray has been dismantled following a lengthy ALERT investigation. Project Fortune resulted in the seizure of more than $1 million worth of cocaine and cash, as well as 49 criminal charges being laid against seven suspects. The investigation unfolded over 16 months… Read more »

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Calgary… Two men have been arrested after ALERT searched two homes and two vehicles in Calgary and seized more than $700,000 worth of drugs and cash. ALERT’s Calgary organized crime and gang team made the seizure on July 26, 2018 after searching homes in the neighbourhoods of Copperfield and Douglasdale. Both homes were allegedly being… Read more »

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Grande Prairie… A short-term investigation by ALERT’s organized crime and gang team in Grande Prairie has resulted in four people being arrested and the seizure of more than $62,000 worth of drugs, along with six firearms and other weapons. On July 26, 2018, ALERT investigators, with the assistance of Grande Prairie RCMP, concluded the three-week… Read more »

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