Update: The charges against Stephen Andreas Hesmert were withdrawn. St. Albert RCMP seized more than $100,000 in drugs, ammunition and money after executing a search warrant in Sturgeon County. After a six month investigation RCMP executed the warrant at a home on Highway 28A in Sturgeon County. RCMP seized the following items: RCMP say the street value of the GHB seized is equal to $106,000. GHB is often called a date-rape drug because it is known to make increase libido, suggestibility, passivity and cause amnesia. RCMP say this makes users and victims vulnerable to sexual assault and other crimes. Stephen Andreas Hesmert, 30, from Edmonton was arrested and charged with: Hesmert was taken into custody and will appear in Edmonton Provincial Court on July 6. Corbin Matthew Ross, 32, from Edmonton was arrested and charged with: Ross was released from custody on bail and will appear in Edmonton Provincial Court on July 14. Kurt Eric Lemke, 42, from Sturgeon County, was arrested and charged with: Lemke was released from custody and will appear in St. Albert Provincial Court on July 26.
