UPDATE: This story was updated on Feb. 9, 2024 after Alberta Justice confirmed with Global News that Hanson was convicted and sentenced for the importation of a controlled substance. The other two charges were withdrawn.
The RCMP said a 26-year-old Edmonton man is facing multiple charges after its covert operations unit “located and seized” a steroid-laden package originating from Hong Kong on Monday that had arrived in Alberta’s capital.
According to police, the seizure was the result of a joint steroid importation investigation, involving the RCMP federal policing unit and the Canada Border Services Agency, that began March 21.
Mounties said the package contained 420 grams of anabolic steroids, a mini-steroid lab, a pill press, digital scales, a small number of “unknown pills” and about 56 grams of an “unknown white powder.”
Brayden Jade Hanson has been charged with production of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and importation of a controlled substance.
He is scheduled to appear in court in Edmonton on April 20.
The RCMP said depending on the results of a lab analysis of the “unknown pills” and “unknown white powder,” Hanson may face further charges.