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Calgary… Two people have been arrested and are facing drug trafficking charges after an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team investigation into a Calgary medicinal marihuana grow-op.
ALERT’s Green Team, along with members of the RCMP and Calgary Police Service, dismantled a 107-plant marihuana grow-op in Calgary’s Silverado neighbourhood on July 21st. Investigators allege that the licensed grow-op was fuelling the accused’s marihuana drug trafficking operation.
During the six-week investigation, Green Team members witnessed behavior consistent with drug trafficking and evidence consistent with drug trafficking was also seized from the home including scoresheets, scales, packaging materials, and over one dozen cell phones.
In addition to the 107 marihuana plants, investigators also seized the following:
AlanStuartMacdonald, 41, and CourtneyDionneMcConnell, 30, were both arrested inside the home and are facing a combined 20 drug and weapons related charges.
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