On Nov. 28, 2024, the Airdrie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit paired up with the RCMP Special Investigation Sections, RCMP Emergency Response Team and Calgary Police Tactical Team, and executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant. The search warrant was for two residences located in the Temple and Huntington Hills neighbourhoods of Calgary.
As a result of the investigation, police seized the following:
- Canadian currency as proceeds of crime
- Unstamped tobacco cigarettes
- Suspected controlled substances including:
- fentanyl, fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, powder and crack cocaine
In addition, police located an illegal cannabis grow operation where 265 cannabis plants in various stages of growth were seized.
A 52-year-old individual, a resident of Calgary, has been charged with the following offences:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking (x3)
- Cultivate more than four cannabis plants
- Selling tobacco products
- Fraud under $5000 (defrauding the Government of Alberta for tobacco tax)
- Possession of proceeds of crime over $5000
- Theft of electricity
The individual was taken before a justice of the peace and was released on a release order with conditions. The individual is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Calgary Courts Centre in Calgary, Alberta.