Three Medicine Hat residents charged following drug trafficking investigation
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MEDICINE HAT, AB – Three people from Medicine Hat have been charged following a joint investigation between Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) and the Medicine Hat Police Service.
The investigation began in October 2023 after ALERT received information about trafficking of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the city. It concluded on November 14 with the execution of a search warrant at a home in the city’s North Flats neighbourhood.
In the home, Medicine Hat’s organized crime team said it seized 126 grams of fentanyl, 43 grams of methamphetamine, as well as two conducted energy weapons. The drugs have an estimated street value of nearly $30,000. Jewellery, and a large number of bicycles, including several e-bikes were also seized as investigators believe it to be stolen property.
Staff Sgt. Ryan Thorburn with ALERT Medicine Hat said, “It’s common that these types of investigations also lead us to seizing stolen property. The impacts of drug activity in a community, big or small, affect our neighbours and sense of community safety.”
