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Law enforcement disrupts Fort McMurray drug network

Law enforcement disrupts Fort McMurray drug network

Jan 17, 2024 | 6:00am
Alberta’s Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has disrupted an alleged drug network operating in Fort McMurray and Edmonton. After a two-year-long investigation code-named Project Flip, ALERT arrested several individuals and seized numerous drugs including over two kilograms of cocaine, nearly $30 thousand in cash, and smaller quantities of methamphetamine, MDMA, ketamine and illicit Xanax. Arrests […]
Timberlea search warrant leads to drug charges

Timberlea search warrant leads to drug charges

Oct 20, 2023 | 10:40am
A Fort McMurray man is facing drug-related charges following a police investigation in Fort McMurray. The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) with the help of Wood Buffalo RCMP executed a search warrant on a Timberlea apartment on October 4th. Police found 112 grams of suspected cocaine along with $11,235 in cash. Staff Sgt. Mark […]
Man under house arrest selling drugs from Fort McMurray home

Man under house arrest selling drugs from Fort McMurray home

Sep 22, 2023 | 11:04am
Drugs, cash, and a firearm have been seized following an investigation by ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams). The man is accused of selling drugs from his home while under house arrest. ALERT and Wood Buffalo RCMP executed a search warrant on Sept.14, 2023, at a home in the Timberlea community. A sawed-off semi-automatic firearm, […]
Fort McMurray man arrested following firearm investigation

Fort McMurray man arrested following firearm investigation

Sep 8, 2023 | 1:26pm
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) has arrested a Fort McMurray man on firearm offences. ALERT Fort McMurray’s organized crime team became aware of a firearm registered to the Fort McMurray man that was allegedly used in a kidnapping in British Columbia in April 2023. The crime team does not believe the man was directly […]