In addition, police found a large quantity of cocaine cutting agent, an automatic firearm with a loaded magazine, two handgun magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammo and a Taser
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Edmonton police seized more than $500,000 worth of cocaine and fentanyl, plus a gun and ammunition in a recent drug trafficking investigation.
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On April 13, the Edmonton Police Service drug and gang enforcement section executed a search warrant on a warehouse in the area of 141 Street and 128 Avenue in the city’s northwest.
Police seized 82 kilograms of chemicals used as a cutting agent for cocaine, with an approximate street value of $246,000; 3.17 kilograms of cocaine with an approximate value of $169,000; 710 grams of fentanyl powder with an estimated value of $106,000; 394 fentanyl pills with an approximate value of $7,800; an automatic machine gun with a 25 full-round magazine, two full handgun magazines, a Taser, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Investigators also found two sea can containers on the property, one that was repurposed as a micro-grow for suspected cannabis or psilocybin and one suspected of being used for steroid production.
Police continue to investigate.