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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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Edmonton… A total of eight firearms – including assault rifles, suppressors, and over-capacity magazines – were seized as the result of an ALERT investigation in Edmonton and Fort McMurray. ALERT’s Edmonton organized crime and gang team seized the high-powered firearms following an investigation that primarily focused on two brothers. Alexander and Ryan Kurkut, both 27… Read more »

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Edmonton… ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit has arrested a 60-year-old Fort McMurray man for child pornography offences. The suspect was an employee of Alberta Children’s Services. The 60-year-old from Fort McMurray was arrested on April 11, 2018, in Leduc, Alta. Henry Victor Haineault has been charged with two counts each of possessing and accessing… Read more »

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