WATCH: The war on drugs continues in southern Alberta, and today the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) made a major bust. Global’s Matt Battachio reports.
CALGARY – Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) seized 500 fentanyl pills outside Lethbridge at a traffic stop on July 8. Three people have been arrested in the case.
Police said the suspects were driving a 2003 Acura, which was pulled over and searched on Highway 3 just outside of Lethbridge.
ALERT Lethbridge members believe the fentanyl, along with cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, were being transported from Calgary.
The following drugs were seized, with an estimated street value of $26,000:
- 500 fentanyl pills;
- 19 grams of cocaine;
- 2.5 grams of heroin;
- 2 grams of methamphetamine.
Grant Lamane, 25, is charged with breach of recognizance; Natasha Brooks, 25, is charged with possession of a controlled substance and Paulo Murphy-O’Niell, 23, is charged with breach of recognizance, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and driving while disqualified.
Police said one of the suspects was out on bail from a March ALERT bust that resulted in the seizure of over 300 fentanyl pills.
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