Loaded handgun, $32K in drugs seized in arrest of alleged drug dealer: ALERT

A loaded handgun and more than $30,000 in drugs were seized from an alleged drug dealer in Wainwright. (Supplied)

A loaded handgun and more than $30,000 in drugs were seized from an alleged drug dealer in Wainwright.

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The 48-year-old man, a resident of Provost, was arrested on May 2 after an Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ALERT) investigation.

ALERT believes the man was involved in drug trafficking in Wainwright, Lloydminster and Lashburn, Sask. He was arrested after allegedly picking up drugs from Edmonton.

Officer seized a loaded handgun, $390 in cash and the following drugs:

• 308 grams of cocaine;
• 550 millilitres of GHB;
• 45 grams of methamphetamine; and
• 22 grams of fentanyl.

The total value of the drugs is estimated to be about $32,000.

The man was charged with possessing drugs with the purpose of trafficking, possessing a firearm without a licence, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possessing a loaded firearm and resisting arrest.

ALERT said a 21-year-old “associate” of the man was arrested in Edmonton.