CALGARY – Thousands of fentanyl pills were seized by Calgary police during a series of eight raids last week.
Police announced on Tuesday that over $260,000 in drugs were confiscated on Thursday as officers with the Calgary Police Service’s Guns and Gangs Unit and Tactical Team executed several search warrants on homes and vehicles throughout the city.
Among the items seized were 3,500 fentanyl pills, varying amounts of cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, nearly $10,000 cash.
“This drug activity is believed to be at the core of much of the violence being seen in Calgary in the last year,” said police in a Tuesday news release.
Police noted one address searched contained a stash of 15 kilograms of a cutting agent, as well as instruments used to produce drugs.
The following six addresses were searched in connection with the raids:
- 100 block of 10 Avenue S.W.
- 1500 block of 37 Street S.E.
- 100 block of 13 Avenue N.E.
- 1700 block of Radisson Drive S.E.
- 1300 block of 27 Street S.E.
- 300 block of Fonda Way S.E.
Two vehicles were also searched.
Police laid numerous drug-related charges against 11 people, including:
- Kailee Picco, 22
- Joseph Laroche, 35
- Rodrigue Najem, 27
- James McClean, 21
- Ben Johnson, 20
- Jonathan Bejo, 23
- Cory Hingston, 28
- Leanne Barron, 35
- Amin El Assaad, 31
- Mohamed Mohamed, 21
- Terrell Guenther, 18
Warrants for a 12th suspect are currently being sought.
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