Police Shut Down ‘Major Fentanyl Operation’ in Northern Alberta

An Alberta joint police force has dismantled a suspected drug manufacturing laboratory in a rural area about 350 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. On Oct. 2, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), alongside the RCMP’s Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response Team, executed a search warrant at a suspected drug lab on a rural property near Valleyview. Officials said the facility was equipped with materials and chemicals for the mass production of fentanyl. “ALERT’s investigation has identified and shutdown what appears to be a major fentanyl operation. Our team is working alongside public safety partners and chemical experts to remediate the threat,” said Insp. Angela Kemp of ALERT Edmonton in an Oct. 3 news release....