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Brooks, Alta. … Two joint investigations between Brooks RCMP and ALERT over the past three months have resulted in the arrest of three people and the seizure of nearly $25,000 worth of methamphetamine and cocaine. The investigations took place between December 2018 and February 2019, with ALERT’s Medicine Hat working alongside Brooks RCMP to ensure… Read more »

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Medicine Hat… A 25-year-old man from Brooks is charged with child pornography offences and also allegedly sexually assaulted two young boys. ALERT’s is investigating. Eric Manysiak was arrested on February 14, 2019, with the help of Brooks RCMP and Medicine Hat Police Service. His Brooks home was searched, and computers and electronic devices were seized…. Read more »

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Edmonton… A child relief care provider in northwest Alberta has been arrested by ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit for child pornography offences. Royal “Mac” Olsen was arrested on February 8, 2019 with the help of McLennan RCMP. The 52-year-old man provided children’s relief care in his home in Donnelly, Alta. At this point in… Read more »

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Grande Prairie… A Grande Prairie drug dealer was sentenced to eight years in prison for his past role in one of the city’s largest drug busts. Khristopher Ali was convicted of possession of for the purpose of trafficking and was handed an eight-year prison sentence in a Grande Prairie courtroom on February 12, 2019. The… Read more »

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Lethbridge… Two people have been arrested and more than $16,000 worth of drugs and cash have been seized as part of a short-term ALERT investigation in Lethbridge. On February 8, 2019, with assistance from Lethbridge Police Service, ALERT’s Lethbridge executed a search warrant at a residence in west Lethbridge. The warrant resulted in the seizure… Read more »

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Edmonton… An Edmonton man has been arrested on charges thanks to information collected from the United States through Cybertip, a reporting service operated by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. On January 29, 2019, with the help of Edmonton Police Service members, investigators with ALERT’s executed a search warrant at an apartment in downtown Edmonton…. Read more »

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Calgary… A suspected fentanyl lab operating in Calgary has been dismantled. ALERT seized a pill press, dies, various chemical powders, and fentanyl in both pill and powder forms. ALERT’s Calgary organized crime team dismantled the lab on January 18, 2019, with the help of Calgary Police Service and the RCMP’s Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response… Read more »

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Grande Prairie… A joint investigation between ALERT and Grande Prairie RCMP has resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, fentanyl and GHB. Three suspects have been arrested. ALERT Grande Prairie’s made the seizure on January 22, 2019, after conducting a traffic stop in the Montrose neighbourhood. Inside the vehicle, ALERT found approximately $80,000 worth of drugs,… Read more »

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Red Deer… A tip from the Queensland Police Service in Australia has resulted in the arrest of a 34-year-old Central Alberta man for child pornography-related offences. Christopher Juneau of Eckville, Alta., was arrested by ALERT’s on January 10, 2019, with the assistance of Sylvan Lake RCMP. Eckville is located roughly 50 kilometres west of Red… Read more »

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