Drugs worth $1 million, along with guns, seized in Lethbridge

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A large seizure of greater than $1 million price of medicine and money present in two Lethbridge properties and automobiles has landed one man in custody on weapons and drug trafficking prices.

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The Alberta Legislation Enforcement Response Groups (ALERT) organized crime group in Lethbridge, in cooperation with the Lethbridge Police Service, executed search warrants on two properties and two automobiles in Lethbridge on December 20, 2022. The search turned up a cache of medicine with an estimated road worth of greater than $1 million.

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“The seizure is believed to be one of many metropolis’s largest and comprises file quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine,” ALERT stated in a information launch on Wednesday.

Included have been 5.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, 3.2 kilograms of cocaine, 1.6 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 418 grams of ketamine and 35 grams of psilocybin mushrooms. About $79,000 in money was additionally seized from the 2 properties, positioned within the London Street space and the Winston Churchill neighborhood.

Officers additionally seized 4 weapons, together with a prohibited sawed-off shotgun and a loaded handgun, which had been reported stolen from Redcliff.

Patrick Rodney, 34, faces a number of weapons and drug prices, in addition to a probation violation cost.

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Rodney stays in custody and can seem in courtroom subsequent Thursday.

ALERT beforehand charged Rodney in a 2014 investigation that led to a firearms ban. Investigators started trying into Rodney once more in October 2022 after receiving a tip.

The most important drug seizure in Lethbridge was in 2017 when ALERT and Lethbridge Police seized $1.2 million price of medicine, together with ecstasy drugs, marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms.

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