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.
Alexandre Herbert, aged 29, and Drew Boake, 27, were arrested on Saturday (Feb. 11), after a vehicle, which was allegedly returning from the British Columbia lower mainland, was stopped on Highway 3, just outside of Lethbridge. A search found four kilograms of cannabis resin inside a hidden compartment.
Search warrants were then conducted at four Lethbridge homes, located along the 200-block of Ryerson Road West, 200-block of Lasalle Terrace West, 0-block of Modesto Road West and 800-block of 11 Street North.
Police say various drugs with an estimated street value of $1.2-million were recovered from the homes, along with $120,000 in cash, four firearms and four vehicles. The drugs seized included ecstasy, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, cannabis resin, psilocybin mushrooms, LSD and Xanax.