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Edmonton… A St. Paul man who illegally sold 55 restricted firearms has been handed a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence following a 2012 Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation.
Trevor Melnyk, 33 years old, was sentenced in Edmonton provincial court on March 5th following his guilty plea and admission to trafficking firearms.
ALERT’s Edmonton Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) investigated Melnyk after two handguns registered to him were recovered in a drug-related search warrant on September 2012. The serial numbers were filed off both firearms but lab analysis traced them back to Melnyk. Additional handguns were recovered in separate drug and gang investigations.
Fifty of the handguns remain unaccounted for. Anyone with information about these handguns is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Since being formed in 2006, ALERT teams have taken more than 600 firearms out of the hands of criminals and off the province’s streets.
The work we do is about our communities, and that’s why we recognize that residents can be instrumental in tackling serious crime. If you or someone you know has been the victim of a crime, or you suspect criminal activity, please reach out. Your information will remain strictly confidential.
Thank you for helping to make Alberta safer by being actively involved and reporting suspicious activity.
