Guns, drugs seized from Temple home after trafficking investigation

Calgary police say five guns and various illegal drugs were among the items seized in the search of a home in the community of Temple last week.

“These are serious weapons that could cause serious harm in our communities, and to our officers,” Staff Sgt. Kyle Grant said in a news release. “Drug trafficking and violence go hand in hand.”

Officers searched the home in the 200 block of Templeview Way Northeast on Nov. 7 after a month-long drug trafficking investigation.

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According to the Calgary Police Service (CPS), items seized include:

• 15 grams of methamphetamine
• 8.1 grams of powdered cocaine
• 3.8 grams of an unknown powder
• $1,000 cash
• M4 .223 caliber rifle with loaded prohibited high-capacity magazine
• SKS rifle with loaded prohibited high-capacity magazine
• Winchester 94a .357 caliber lever-action rifle
• Ruger model 10-22 .22 caliber rifle
• Sawed-off pistol grip Remington 12-gauge shotgun with boxes of ammunition
• Three replica handguns hidden in various places throughout the house
• Hundreds of rounds of various ammunition
• Scales, documents, score sheets and drug paraphernalia
• 41 pieces of various identification (driver’s licenses, SIN cards, Alberta Health cards)

Of the four people who were arrested during the search, police said two were released without charges.

Two others — 34-year-old Carrie Anne Marie Edgar and 24-year-old Olympia Medicine Traveller – were charged. Edgar is facing 16 weapon and drug-related offences and Medicine Traveller was arrested on an outstanding Canada-wide parole warrant.