Calgary police are looking for a man wanted in what officers call the largest fentanyl pill seizure in the city’s history.
One man was charged in December after a record 35,321 fentanyl pills and multiple weapons were seized on Dec. 23, 2016.
A month-long operation targeted a home in the city’s affluent Bankview neighbourhood and also recovered body armour, loaded guns and a crossbow. More than $40,000 in cocaine, $22,000 in methamphetamines and about $9,000 in heroin was also recovered from the southwest home, as well as marijuana, MDMA, oxycodone tablets, morphine and nearly 70 “undetermined” pills, police said.
Watch below from Dec. 29: More than $700,000 worth of pills have been seized from a home in the city’s southwest. As Jenna Freeman reports, police are encouraged by the bust, but say it’s a small part of a much bigger problem.
Seven guns were inside the home, including 12-gauge shotguns, two rifles, and a handgun. Police said at the time the handgun wasn’t listed as stolen or registered to anyone. Investigators believe it was smuggled into Canada illegally.
As the investigation continued, a second man has now been charged and a warrant is issued for his arrest.
Christopher Eric Elson, 30, faces 29 drug and weapons-related charges.
Police describe him as five feet seven inches tall, 175 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. Elson has multiple tattoos along his right forearm, a wolf on his upper left arm and the word “Life” tattooed on his right hand.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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