Police Shut Down ‘Major Fentanyl Operation’ in Northern Alberta

Police Shut Down ‘Major Fentanyl Operation’ in Northern Alberta
Members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams dismantle a suspected drug manufacturing laboratory in a rural area near Valleyview, Alta., in October 2024. ALERT
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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.