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ALERT gets drugs and guns off street during Red Deer seizure

Three Calgary massage parlours have been shut down following a year-long investigation by Alberta's Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT). File/Global News

Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams arrested two people and seized guns and drugs in downtown Red Deer.

On May 19, ALERT and RCMP searched a home in the 4900-block of 54 Street where they said the following weapons and drugs were seized:

  • SKS semi-automatic carbine with collapsible stock
  • .308-caliber semi-automatic rifle
  • 7 mm rifle
  • 12 gauge shotgun
  • Body armour
  • 9 grams of cocaine
  • 98 suspected codeine pills
  • $980 cash
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ALERT said the guns were illegally possessed and will now go through forensic analysis to find out if they were used in previous crimes.

“This was a short-term investigation that will have a sizeable public safety impact. An arsenal such as this does not belong in the hands of drug dealers,” ALERT Insp. Chad Coles said.

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Twenty-two-year-old Landon Dorval and 26-year-old Brittany Aebly have been charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, four counts of careless storage of a firearm, four counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm and four counts of a firearm for a dangerous purpose.

Dorval and Aebly were released and are scheduled to appear in court July 7.

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