Items seized by the Lethbridge Police Service during a drug bust on May 28, 2025. (Photo: LPS)

By David Opinko

‘Massive drug bust’ made in Lethbridge

Jun 3, 2025 | 8:46 AM

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says it has seized significant quantities of drugs.

As part of a long-term investigation into drug trafficking activities, officers searched a home on the 600 block of 10 Street North on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. A man was arrested.

LPS claims to have seized:

• 3.6 kilograms of cocaine
• More than 1,600 MDMA (ecstasy) tablets
• 46 grams of ketamine
• 425 grams of psilocybin
• 16,000 black stock cigarettes
• Six kilograms of cannabis
• 500 cartridges of cannabis extract
• $16,000 in cash
• “Small quantities” of methamphetamine and other cannabis and tobacco products
• Drug trafficking paraphernalia

Officers then saw the driver of a vehicle allegedly engaged in activities consistent with drug trafficking and stopped the car on the 1100 block of 19 Street South. A woman, who was driving the vehicle, was arrested. LPS reportedly seized nearly $2,300 in cash.

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Bradshaw Jerome Balog, 37, of Lethbridge, is charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and one count of possession of the proceeds of crime over $5,000.

Aspen Michayla Woodman, 26, of Lethbridge, is charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and one count each of possession of the proceeds of crime over $5,000 and trafficking in a controlled substance.

Following bail hearings, both suspects were released from custody and are scheduled to appear in court on June 19, 2025.

The investigation is ongoing and LPS says additional charges are pending.

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