Alberta Drug Bust

• 5 people charged after police seize over 2 kilos of cocaine in Alberta drug bust

  ALERT said it has arrested and charged five people in connection with the investigation of an alleged drug-trafficking network in Edmonton and Fort McMurray.

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  Jan 16
  
• 6 charged in connection with 2022 drug bust that spanned Alberta, B.C.

  A sixth suspect, 28-year-old Petar Hristov from Edmonton, is believed to have fled the country, ALERT said.

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  Jul 11, 2023
  
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• 4 suspects arrested, 5th on Canada-wide warrant in 2021 million-dollar northern Alberta drug bust

  Five people were arrested and released at the time. The Crown has now approved charging them with multiple drug and gun offences and for participating in a criminal organization.

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  Jan 11, 2023
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• 3 people charged in $500K Fort McMurray drug bust

  Three people have been charged following a 14-month drug trafficking investigation in northern Alberta.

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  Oct 4, 2022
• $55M worth of meth, cocaine seized after 3-year cross-border police investigation: ALERT

  A total of 928 kilograms of meth and six kilograms of cocaine were seized along with roughly $7 million worth of assets that have been seized or placed under criminal restraint.

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  Sep 28, 2022
• 10 Alberta suspects face 139 charges in one of Canada’s largest fentanyl seizures

  More than $300 million worth of drugs were seized during ALERT's Project Essence, which saw 13 search warrants searched on July 7, 2021, in the Edmonton and Calgary areas.

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  Jun 29, 2022
• More than $500K worth of drugs, cash seized in investigation with ties to Alberta, British Columbia

  The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams said Thursday morning that an investigation began in Lloydminster in May 2021, following an initial drug seizure in the border city. 

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  Jun 23, 2022
• 5 people facing charges after $1.6M drug bust with ties to Alberta and British Columbia

  The 18-month investigation by ALERT and the RCMP started in Medicine Hat and resulted in police seizing more than $1.6 million in fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine. 

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  Feb 2, 2022
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• $1M in drugs seized in northern Alberta drug investigation

  Alberta police seized guns, ammunition and more than $1 million in drugs -- including fentanyl, meth, GHB and cocaine -- in searches in Edmonton, Red Deer and Whitecourt.

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  Nov 18, 2021
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• $300M worth of drugs seized as fentanyl ‘superlab’ dismantled in rural Alberta

  In a news release Tuesday, ALERT said 13 search warrants were executed on July 7 as part of Project Essence. 

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  Aug 31, 2021