Category: Drug Offences
Judge frees cocaine case suspect
The suspected “greeter” in the biggest cocaine bust in Alberta history walked away from a Calgary courtroom yesterday a free man. Justice Scott Brooker ruled [...]
Canada won’t allow visits with accused, Mexican envoys say
Mexican diplomats trying to help three people arrested in Calgary last Saturday on cocaine smuggling charges say they are being thwarted by Canadian bureaucracy. “We [...]
Drug proof disputed
The Crown may have bundles of seized cocaine, but it has no evidence to prove a suspected drug smuggler was waiting for its arrival, a [...]
Mushroom bust magical
City cops have smashed what’s thought to be the biggest magic mushroom grow and trafficking operation in Calgary’s history. Officers from District 2 backed up [...]
Defence lawyer pulled into drug case
Medicine Hat defence lawyer Randall Pick may have to testify in a cocaine trafficking case. Pick was the lawyer when a guilty plea was entered [...]
Officer linked man to drug smuggler
A 30-year-old Mexican man was arrested and charged in connection with the city's largest cocaine bust because he had booked a hotel room for a [...]
Missing defendant arrives as marijuana trafficking conspiracy trial begins
A missing defendant showed up and one of the five co-accused was set free Tuesday, as a marijuana trafficking conspiracy trial got underway in Saint [...]
Tip helps cops in coke bust
CALGARY (Sun Media) - Acting on a rare tip possibly supplied by a criminal rival, city police say they seized a haul of cocaine worth [...]
Drug dealer gets house arrest
A 29-year-old man is under house arrest at his Blackie area home after pleading guilty at Okotoks Provincial Court on Sept. 21 to trafficking cocaine. [...]