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June 8, 2012
Medicine Hat… ALERT‘s Medicine Hat Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), an integrated team of Medicine Hat Police Service and RCMP members, concluded a drug trafficking investigation on June 8 with the arrest of two men.
As a result of this investigation, it was determined that two men were trafficking cocaine in Medicine Hat. Investigators were able to identify two locations from where the men were selling drugs. Search warrants were executed on these two locations, and the two men were taken into custody.
Investigators seized approximately 126 grams of crack cocaine, seven grams of marihuana and $2,500 cash. The total value of all drugs seized is estimated at $25,300, if sold on the street.
Arrested and charged are:
The names have been withheld until they appear before a bail justice later today.
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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S/Sgt David Brandrith
CFSEU-Medicine Hat
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT)
403-529-8448
Jill Baird
Communications
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT)
780-509-3028
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