Man charged after $100K worth of drugs seized in central Alberta

A 33-year-old man has been charged following a drug investigation in central Alberta.

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams said in a news release Tuesday morning that a two-month investigation in Olds, Alta., resulted in over $100,000 worth of drugs being seized.

The investigation started in September, after ALERT said it received information about drug trafficking in Olds, a town about 60 kilometres south of Red Deer.

On Nov. 24, ALERT Red Deer’s organized crime team, along with RCMP members from Olds and Sundre, searched two homes and two vehicles. The following items were seized by police:

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• 285 grams of fentanyl
• 201 grams of cocaine
• 697 grams of methamphetamine
• 2,900 ml of GHB
• 372 hydromorphine pills
• 4 firearms
• $8,445 cash

ALERT said the man charged in the case is bound by a lifetime firearms prohibition. Two of the handguns seized in the investigation were stolen, according to ALERT. Police said the firearms will be put through forensic testing to see if they were used in any previous crimes.

ALERT said Eric Becker, 33, is charged with five counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, six counts of breach of probation, one count of possession of proceeds of crime and eight firearms-related offences.

ALERT said the breach charges are related to a “previous and similar” ALERT investigation in February 2022.