Calgary house fire leads police to drug lab
Bryan PassifiumePublished: January 10, 2018Updated: January 10, 2018 4:19 PM MDT Not properly stubbing their butts proved a costly lesson for one Calgary drug ring last week, after a house fire led city narcotics investigators to...
Police uncover drug processing lab after fire at northwest home
Colleen Schmidt, Supervisor, Online News @CTVSchmidtC Published Wednesday, January 10, 2018 12:31PM MST Last Updated Wednesday, January 10, 2018 1:00PM MST Five people are facing charges after police found a drug processing lab inside...
Alleged drug processing lab busted after house fire in northwest Calgary
CBC News · Posted: Jan 10, 2018 1:41 PM MT | Last Updated: January 10 Calgary police say five people face charges after a suspected drug processing lab was discovered when a residential garage went up in flames last week. Fire crews...
Drug smuggling suspect fires lawyer
By Shurtz, Delon on March 27, 2018. Delon Shurtz – Lethbridge Heralddshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An Alberta man accused of trying to smuggle a record amount of cocaine through the Carway border crossing earlier in the month will...
Accused in significant cocaine bust remains in custody, changes lawyers
By Patrick BurlesLethbridge News Now, March 26, 2018 LETHBRIDGE – A 26-year-old Fort McMurray resident remains in custody at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, after being charged earlier this month in connection with the seizure of...
3 arrested, more than 3,000 fentanyl pills seized in Calgary drug bust worth $700K: ALERT
Investigators say the three people arrested following the seizure of $700,000 worth of drugs and cash from three Calgary homes were known to police. With 3,139 fentanyl pills seized, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT)...
Sex charges against ex-RCMP officer LM withdrawn
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details. Charges against an ex-Mountie accused of sexually assaulting an Inuit girl were withdrawn Tuesday, without explanation from the Crown prosecutor in the case. LM, who served as an RCMP...
Record drug bust suspects to have April hearing
Three people facing multiple charges following what police believe may be the largest-ever drug bust in Lethbridge won’t return to court for another month. A hearing for the accused, DB, AH and KR, was held last week in Lethbridge...
Pincher Creek standoff suspect granted bail after allegations questioned
DS was charged with careless use of a firearm, breach of conditions following incident. The man involved in the RCMP standoff in Pincher Creek, Alta., last week has been released on bail after his lawyer questioned the validity of the...
Two accused in major drug bust released on $10,000 bail
LETHBRIDGE – Two men accused in what Lethbridge Police are calling a record drug bust for our city, have been released on bail. AH, aged 29, and DB, 27, were arrested on Saturday (Feb. 11), after a vehicle, which was allegedly...
Over $1M in drugs seized in Lethbridge’s largest seizure: ALERT
Over $1 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in Lethbridge on Saturday in what the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) believes to be the city’s largest drug seizure. ALERT made the announcement on Tuesday, saying they...
Calgary woman sentenced for lying about kidnapping
A Calgary woman who lied to police by reporting she’d been kidnapped off the street by two men has been handed a conditional sentence and two years of probation. Provincial court Judge Heather Lamoureux on Thursday accepted submissions...