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Posted: June 12, 2019

Project Elder Disrupts B.C.-Alberta Drug Pipeline

Edmonton… A two-year investigation by ALERT has cut off a drug pipeline between British Columbia and Alberta. More than $2 million in drugs and cash was seized and a dozen suspects have been arrested. Project Elder was an investigation that probed interprovincial, wholesale drug distribution. ALERT alleges that a high volume of drugs were being… Read more »

Posted: June 07, 2019

Drugs, Guns, Body Armour Seized in Northern Alberta

Grande Prairie… An investigation between ALERT and Peace River RCMP has resulted in the seizure of 12 firearms, body armour, and roughly $200,000 worth of drugs, including fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine. ALERT Grande Prairie’s organized crime and gang team wrapped up the investigation on May 31, 2019 after a search warrant was executed at a… Read more »

Posted: May 22, 2019

Straw Buyer Allegedly Sold Guns to Criminal Market

Edmonton… ALERT has charged an alleged firearms straw purchaser with selling firearms to the criminal market. An investigation by ALERT Edmonton’s Guns and Gangs unit has resulted in a variety of firearms charges against Aaron Hanlen-Knight. The 23-year-old Athabasca man was arrested on May 9, 2019. ALERT alleges that Hanlen-Knight purchased five handguns between November… Read more »

Posted: May 21, 2019

ALERT Makes Gun and Drug Bust in Grande Prairie

Grande Prairie… A suspected transaction between a firearms trafficker and a drug dealer was intercepted by ALERT teams in Grande Prairie. On May 13, 2019, three suspects were arrested in the parking lot of a Grande Prairie shopping centre, where an alleged exchange of firearms was taking place. Investigators with ALERT’s Grande Prairie organized crime… Read more »

Posted: May 03, 2019

Outlaw Bikers Arrested in Red Deer Drug Investigation

Red Deer… Members of a Red Deer outlaw motorcycle club have been charged with drug trafficking offences following a lengthy ALERT investigation. Project Rocker was a two-year investigation by ALERT Red Deer’s organized crime team into the suspected drug trafficking activities of the Syndicate outlaw motorcycle club. Syndicate is a support club of the Hells… Read more »

Posted: April 26, 2019

Child Endangerment Among Charges Laid in Fort McMurray Investigations

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 »

Posted: April 12, 2019

Father, Son Arrested in Drug Bust

Medicine Hat… A father and son were arrested by the ALERT Medicine Hat organized crime team during a recent drug trafficking investigation. More than $26,000 worth of drugs and cash were seized. On April 10, 2019, with the assistance of Medicine Hat Police Service, ALERT investigators concluded the six-week investigation by arresting two people allegedly… Read more »

Posted: April 10, 2019

Four Arrested in Brooks Drug Investigations

Brooks… Four suspected drug dealers have been arrested as a result of a recent series of investigations by the ALERT Medicine Hat organized crime team in Brooks. More than $22,000 worth of drugs have been seized. The arrests took place between March 28 and April 4, 2019, with the assistance of Brooks RCMP. In total,… Read more »

Posted: April 02, 2019

Joint Forces Operation Targets Southern Alberta Carfentanil Dealer

Lethbridge… Two people have been arrested and nearly 500 suspected carfentanil pills were seized as the result of a joint forces investigation in southern Alberta. The four-month investigation concluded on March 26, 2019, with officers from ALERT Lethbridge’s organized crime team, Blood Tribe Police, Lethbridge Police, and Taber Police working together to make two arrests… Read more »