News Release Archives > November 2017

Medicine Hat… More than $50,000 worth of drugs and cash has been seized from a suspected drug dealer in Brooks. ALERT, Brooks RCMP and Medicine Hat Police teamed up to make the arrest. On November 24, 2017, ALERT’s Medicine Hat organized crime team searched a Brooks home in relation to a drug trafficking investigation. One… Read more »

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• cannabis resin,
• cocaine,
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Calgary… A year-long investigation into a Calgary-based drug trafficking network has led to one of Alberta’s largest drug seizures. More than $4 million worth of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine was seized by ALERT. Project Offshore was an investigation by ALERT Calgary’s organized crime and gang team that focused on a drug trafficking consortium operating in… Read more »

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• cocaine,
• drug trafficking,
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• fentanyl,
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Rocky Mountain House, Alberta – A 30-year-old man from Rocky Mountain House has been arrested for child luring following an investigation by Rocky Mountain House RCMP and ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit. Tyler James Cumberland was arrested on November 16, 2017 following allegations of online sexualized chats involving a 12-year-old girl. The two met through… Read more »

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• child exploitaton,
• child luring,
• child pornography,
• mark groves,
• Red Deer,
• rocky mountain house

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• Child Exploitation,
• Red Deer

Lethbridge… Following a joint investigation between ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit, Blood Tribe Police and Lethbridge Police, a 24-year-old man has been arrested for a number of child pornography offences. Cody Wright was arrested on November 8, 2017 at a home on the Blood Tribe First Nation Reserve with the assistance of the Blood Tribe… Read more »

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• Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams,
• ALERT,
• Blood Tribe Police,
• child exploitation,
• ICE Unit

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• Child Exploitation,
• Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) units,
• Lethbridge,
• News Releases

Edmonton… ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit has charged a 60-year-old Edmonton man with child exploitation-related offences. The suspect’s residence operated as an unlicensed child care home and he is an employee of Alberta Children’s Services. Rae Neveu was arrested on November 8, 2017 by the ICE unit with the assistance of Edmonton Police Service. Neveu… Read more »

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• Alberta,
• Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams,
• ALERT,
• child exploitation,
• Edmonton,
• ICE Unit,
• internet child exploitation

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• Edmonton,
• Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) units,
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