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Edmonton… Acting Superintendent Dwayne Lakusta of the Edmonton Police Service has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of ALERT. Lakusta will be the officer in charge of the provincially funded integrated unit, overseeing approximately 300 police officers and civilian staff. ALERT is mandated to address organized and serious crime across Alberta, with regional offices located in… Read more »

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Fort McMurray… A loaded handgun with its serial number filed off was seized after ALERT arrested a suspected Fort McMurray drug dealer. ALERT’s Fort McMurray organized crime and gang team seized the handgun alongside approximately $40,000 in drugs and cash. One person has been arrested and warrants are being sought for three additional suspects. “Taking… Read more »

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Fort McMurray… Three people have been arrested – including two on charges of child endangerment – and nearly $70,000 worth of drugs and cash have been seized following a pair of investigations by ALERT’s organized crime team in Fort McMurray. On April 17, 2019, ALERT investigators, with the assistance of Wood Buffalo RCMP, executed a… Read more »

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Fort McMurray… Fifteen suspected drug dealers have been implicated in a series of ALERT investigations in Fort McMurray. Ten suspects have been arrested thus far, and warrants are being issued for five more. The investigations took place between December 2018 and February 2019, with the help of Wood Buffalo RCMP. A total of four Fort… Read more »

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Fort McMurray… A kilogram of was seized by ALERT following a traffic stop on Highway 63. Two people from Edmonton were arrested. ALERT Fort McMurray’s , with the assistance of Edmonton Police Service and Spruce Grove RCMP, made the seizure on January 15, 2019. The vehicle departed the Edmonton area and a planned vehicle stop… Read more »

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Fort McMurray… An arrest warrant has been issued for Jeffrey Caines after ALERT seized fentanyl and a handgun from a Fort McMurray residence. ALERT’s Fort McMurray organized crime and gang team seized 42 grams of suspected fentanyl powder, a loaded handgun with its serial number removed, and ammunition as the result of a drug trafficking… 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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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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