Investigation leads to arrest of suspected fentanyl dealers

FORT MACLEOD – An investigation that included ALERT Lethbridge, Fort Macleod RCMP and Blood Tribe Police has resulted in drug trafficking charges against two Fort Macleod residents.

On Thursday (May 25), police searched three homes and two vehicles in Fort Macleod, based on accusations that two individuals had been supplying fentanyl on the Blood Tribe First Nation Reserve.

As a result of the search, police report that they recovered 26 fentanyl pills, along with oxycodone, morphine, methamphetamine, crack cocaine, marijuana and illicit prescription pills, worth an estimated value of $6,000.

Police also seized stolen property, including a late-model Mercedes sedan, two trailers and a recreational vehicle.