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A nine-month-long investigation has broken up what Saskatoon police are calling “a sophisticated drug network.”
The Saskatoon Police Service’s Drug Unit and the Saskatoon Integrated Crime Reduction Team joined the Calgary Police Service’s Guns and Gangs Unit in the investigation. The offences took place in Saskatoon and Calgary over a six-week period this past spring.
In Saskatoon, the investigation — called Project Octane — included officers from the Saskatoon Police Service and the RCMP’s “F” Division.
On April 8, search warrants were executed at homes in the 100 block of Fast Crescent, the 200 block of Willis Crescent, the 1100 block of College Drive and the 300 block of Fifth Avenue North, and at a hotel room in the 400 block of Second Avenue South.
Police seized $226,600 in cash, 4,177.96 grams of cocaine, 166.99 grams of fentanyl, 67.06 grams of methamphetamine, 568.92 grams of marijuana and six vehicles.
In July, six people were charged with a variety of drug charges. A 26-year-old also was charged with directing an offence for a criminal organization.
The Calgary Police Service executed 23 search warrants in Alberta between April of 2020 and May of this year. Those searches led to 73 charges being laid against nine people over a time period that ended last month.