Edmonton… Fentanyl, cocaine, and cash worth over $1 million were seized in Edmonton drug bust. Homes in the neigbourhoods of Ermineskin and Terwillegar were searched and two firearms were also seized. ALERT Edmonton’s organized crime team made the seizure on February 23, 2022 with the Edmonton Police Service lending assistance. The seizures were part of… Read more »
Edmonton… An Edmonton couple have been charged with numerous criminal offences after a 16-year-old reported to police that she was a victim of human trafficking. ALERT’s Human Trafficking and Counter Exploitation unit made the arrest and searched two associated homes on February 16, 2022. Alexander Basaraba, 20, and Brooklyn Jober Sutherland, 19, have been charged… Read more »
Grande Prairie… Nine firearms, none of which were lawfully possessed, were seized from a pair of west-central Alberta drug dealers. The firearms and drugs were seized after a home in Grande Cache, Alta. was searched. ALERT Grande Prairie’s organized crime and gang team made the seizure on February 9, 2022. ALERT seized nine firearms and… Read more »
Edmonton… ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) has charged an Edmonton man with child pornography offences and investigators are looking for possible victims to come forward. David McDowell was arrested on January 12, 2022 and charged with possession of child pornography. The 69-year-old man was previously a volunteer youth coordinator for an Edmonton-based medieval recreation and… Read more »
Edmonton… ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit has arrested a 34-year-old Edmonton man for child pornography offences. The suspect was employed as a peace officer with Alberta Health Services. Simon Boutros was arrested with the help of the Edmonton Police Service on February 2, 2022. Boutros is charged with possession of child pornography and transmitting… Read more »
Red Deer… Two people were arrested after an ALERT investigation in Red Deer turned up a variety of drugs and a loaded shotgun. On January 26, 2022 a home in the Red Deer neighbourhood of Vanier Woods was searched. The search warrant execution capped of a three-month investigation by ALERT, with the assistance of Red… Read more »
Medicine Hat… Five people have been charged and more than $1.6 million in fentanyl and meth were seized in a joint investigation between ALERT and RCMP Federal Serious Organized Crime. Project Motor is an 18-month investigation that spanned across Canada’s westernmost provinces. ALERT alleges the drug trafficking network had its origins in British Columbia’s lower… Read more »
Edmonton… A two-year cross-Canada drug trafficking investigation has concluded with eight Edmonton suspects facing charges. ALERT seized roughly $2 million in drugs, cash, and proceeds of crime. Project Elk was a lengthy investigation into an Edmonton-based drug trafficking network that was involved in drug importation. Eight suspects were arrested and charged in October 2021 with… Read more »
Edmonton… One million dollars’ worth of drugs was seized, along with multiple firearms, in an ALERT investigation that spread across northern Alberta. On November 2, 2021 ALERT Edmonton’s organized crime and gang team executed multiple search warrants in effort to disrupt an intraprovincial drug trafficking network. Three homes in Edmonton were searched and targeted vehicle… Read more »
