ALERT and RCMP conclude drug trafficking investigation in Redcliff

February 15, 2012

Medicine Hat… ALERT‘s Medicine Hat Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU),  an integrated team of Medicine Hat Police Service and RCMP members, in partnership with the Redcliff Detachment of the RCMP, concluded a drug trafficking investigation on February 11 with the arrest of one man and one woman.

As a result of this drug trafficking investigation, two occupants of a residence at 233 1^st Street SE in Redcliff, Alberta were arrested for drug related offences. A search warrant executed on the residence turned up 198 grams of cocaine, 2.27 kilograms of cannabis marihuana, 15 grams of cannabis resin, and approximately $18,585 cash as proceeds of crime. The combined estimated street value of the drugs seized was $47,000.

Arrested and charged is:

• Redcliff resident, Mark Allan Schaffer, age 34, with one count of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, one count of possession of cannabis marihuana for the purpose of trafficking, one count of production of cannabis resin, one count of possession of cannabis resin and one count of possession of proceeds of crime.
• Redcliff resident, Stephanie Bugbee, age 25, with one count of possession of cannabis marihuana for the purpose of trafficking, one count of production of cannabis resin, one count of possession of cannabis resin, and one count of possession of proceeds of crime.

Schaffer and Bugbee were taken before a Bail Justice and released.  The next court date for Schaffer is February 29, 2012. Bugbee will appear in court again on February 28, 2012.

CFSEU-Medicine Hat is an ALERT team established and funded by the Government of Alberta to bring together the province’s most sophisticated law enforcement resources and tools to combat organized crime.  Over 400 municipal police, RCMP, and sheriffs work for ALERT.

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CFSEU-Medicine Hat
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams
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Candace Cook
Communications
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Rita Sittler
Communications Coordinator
Medicine Hat Police Service
Ph: 403-529-8416