CALGARY – A drug trafficking investigation has resulted in police recovering two stolen handguns and charging three Calgarians with guns and drugs charges.
Twenty-two-year-old Jeffery McDonald, 19-year-old Michael Oria and 21-year-old Ashleigh Aguilar have been arrested and charged with a combined 29 charges.
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Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) Calgary seized the handguns on June 18 after searching a downtown apartment and an Erin Woods home.
In addition to the guns, an estimated $30,000 worth of cocaine and pills were seized, including:
- Smith and Wesson M&P9 handgun;
- Colt Gold Cup Trophy .45 handgun;
- 179 rounds of ammunition;
- 251 grams of cocaine;
- 51 percocet pills;
- 246 grams of marihuana;
- $7,595 cash proceeds of crime.
The handguns will undergo forensic analysis to determine if they were used in any other crimes, say police.
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