Law enforcement officials seized a drug shipment containing 2,000 fentanyl pills and 60 kilograms of marijuana earlier this month.
The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) said it was the biggest seizure ever made in Edmonton.
Investigators received information that a vehicle was returning to the Edmonton area from the B.C. lower mainland and had a large shipment of drugs inside. The vehicle was found on June 3 and three Edmonton homes in the Rutherford, Terwillegar and Lewis Estates neighbourhoods were searched.
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The 2,000 fentanyl pills were seized from a condo on Hanna Crescent and are believed to have come from B.C.
It’s the third-largest fentanyl seizure ever for ALERT.
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The drugs seized (fentanyl, marijuana, cocaine) have an estimated value of $866,000, ALERT said. Body armour, a Taser, 650 rounds of ammunition, a prohibited magazine, two vehicles (offence-related property) and $26,000 in cash proceeds of crime were also seized.
Christopher Jervis, 28, James Jervis-Hilker, 35 and Billy Roche, 28 – all Edmonton residents – were arrested.
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