Edmonton… A two-year cross-Canada drug trafficking investigation has concluded with eight Edmonton suspects facing charges. ALERT seized roughly $2 million in drugs, cash, and proceeds of crime. Project Elk was a lengthy investigation into an Edmonton-based drug trafficking network that was involved in drug importation. Eight suspects were arrested and charged in October 2021 with… Read more »
Edmonton… One million dollars’ worth of drugs was seized, along with multiple firearms, in an ALERT investigation that spread across northern Alberta. On November 2, 2021 ALERT Edmonton’s organized crime and gang team executed multiple search warrants in effort to disrupt an intraprovincial drug trafficking network. Three homes in Edmonton were searched and targeted vehicle… Read more »
Medicine Hat… ALERT has seized nearly two kilograms of methamphetamine as part of a major drug seizure in Medicine Hat. The meth seizure is believed to be the city’s largest. ALERT’s Medicine Hat organized crime team seized 1.9 kilograms of meth from a home the South Flats area. The record seizure was realized on November… Read more »
Police have charged one man and seized drugs and weapons following a drug trafficking investigation at a south side hotel that officers have attended more than 50 times in the past few months. In October an investigation was initiated by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) in partnership with Lethbridge Police following community concerns… Read more »
Calgary… A Calgary man has been charged with a number of offences, including child luring, extortion, and counselling suicide, following a cross-Canada investigation involving ALERT and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit and the OPP’s Child Sexual Exploitation Unit (CSEU) coordinated on a six-month investigation where an Ontario girl reported she… Read more »
Edmonton/Calgary… Survivors of human trafficking now have new access to supports and community resources through the addition of new Safety Network Coordinators, embedded within ALERT Human Trafficking units. Safety Network Coordinators have been added to ALERT’s Human Trafficking units in Edmonton and Calgary, courtesy of a collaborative undertaking by the Safer Way Out initiative, #NotInMyCity,… Read more »
Calgary… ALERT has arrested a 28-year-old Calgary man for human trafficking-related offences. Six charges have been laid, including trafficking in a persons. Jordon Fray was arrested on September 15, 2021 by ALERT Calgary’s Human Trafficking and Counterexploitation unit. The investigation dated back to August 2020 when a sex trafficking survivor contacted Calgary Police Services for… Read more »
Calgary… Four homes were searched in Calgary and ALERT seized methamphetamine, cocaine, cash, and a handgun. The estimated value of the drug seizure is $365,000. On September 8, 2021, ALERT Calgary’s organized crime team and Calgary Police Service searched four homes and two vehicles, and two suspects were arrested. In total, ALERT seized: Stolen handgun… Read more »
Lloydminster… Two suspected drug dealers were arrested following a short-term investigation in Lloydminster. ALERT seized cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, and cash. ALERT Lloydminster’s organized crime and gang team made the arrests and drug seizure on September 1, 2021. Lloydminster RCMP also helped with the execution of a search warrant at a local residence, where the majority… Read more »
