The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team has charged two people in connection with a drug seizure in Lethbridge last week.
About $20,000 worth of drugs and a .30-calibre rifle were discovered while members of the ALERT organized crime team were searching a home in the 300-block of 6A Avenue South on Thursday, May 24. Lethbridge police officers were also involved in the search.
In total, police seized:
- ammunition and magazines
- 132 grams of methamphetamine
- 16.3 grams of suspected carfentanil
- 8.3 grams of cocaine
- 21 codeine pills
- 4 ml hydromorphone
- $3,875 cash proceeds of crime
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Police said neither of the suspects arrested were in possession of a valid firearms licence.
“A gun in the wrong hands is an obvious public safety concern,” Staff Sgt. Jason Walper said in a media release Monday.
“This investigation came together quickly and we were also able to get some harmful drugs off the street.”
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Joel Sovdi, 31, is charged with five counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime, four counts of breach of recognizance and four firearms-related offences. Sovdi is prohibited from owning firearms as the result of a previous criminal investigation, ALERT said.
Jeremy Bertin, 37, is charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a controlled substance, possession of proceeds of crime and three firearms-related offences.
ALERT said the RCMP’s weapons enforcement support team continues to assist with the investigation.
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