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August 8, 2013
Lethbridge…ALERT’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-Lethbridge) wrapped up a nine-month drug trafficking investigation with charges against 21 people believed to be dealing cocaine and marihuana within the city of Lethbridge.
CFSEU-Lethbridge is an integrated team of Lethbridge Regional Police Service (LRPS) members and RCMP who work together to address organized crime in the community. CFSEU-Lethbridge began an investigation in November 2012 into a group that was allegedly transporting drugs from Calgary to Lethbridge.
Five search warrants were executed between January and July 2013, resulting in 84 charges laid against 21 people. In total, police seized nearly 1.8 kilograms of cocaine, 587 grams of marihuana, $17,225 cash, three firearms, including a stolen, sawed-off, 12-gauge shotgun, body armour, a number of cell phones, and an assortment of drug trafficking paraphernalia. Combined, the seized drugs have an estimated potential street value of nearly $180,000.
Charged are:
Eight other people were arrested in related ALERT investigations that were previously made public on February 7, March 5, and March 14, 2013.
“This investigation has now secured charges against 21 people for trafficking drugs in our community,” commented Staff Sergeant Wes Houston of CFSEU-Lethbridge. “We are very pleased with these results, but we know that there are others waiting to move in and take over. Our work does not end here.”
ALERT was established by the Government of Alberta to bring together the province’s most sophisticated law enforcement resources to tackle serious and organized crime. Nearly 400 municipal police, RCMP and sheriffs work for ALERT.
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Staff Sergeant Wes Houston
CFSEU-Lethbridge
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT)
403-330-5061
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