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More than $16K in drugs seized by LPS

A complaint about a suspicious vehicle led to Lethbridge police Lethbridge Police seizing a significant amount of drugs and laying trafficking charges in connection.

According to police officers responded to a report about a suspicious vehicle in a southside neighbourhood on December 19th. Police officials say officers from the Crime Suppression Team and Property Crimes Unit reported what they saw was allegedly consistent with drug trafficking. Police later arrested the 28-year-old driver along the 100 block of 1st Avenue South and executed a search warrant of the vehicle where they seized a significant amount of fentanyl and meth, along with heroin; all of which is estimated to be worth $16,900. Roughly $9,727 in cash was seized as well.

Alannah Rilley Anderson is facing charges for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession of the proceeds of crime over $5,000.

She has since been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court next on January 28th.

Kass Patterson
Kass Patterson
Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.
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