Police bust major drug trafficking ring in Varsity
Posted Mar 5, 2013 3:48 pm.
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A 31-year-old Calgary man is facing drug charges after police raided an organized crime lair at a highrise apartment in Varsity.
The province’s ALERT team is responsible for the drug bust, that lead police to $1-million worth of cocaine and $291,000 dollars in cash.
Inspector Gerry Francois from the ALERT team says they’ve been working on the investigation since before Christmas and hope to soon lay more charges.
“Well it’s a group that’s involved in distribution, trafficking of drugs on a large scale. So, they obviously have the connections to get large quantities of cocaine, and distribute them on the street.” Francois says.
Michael Banner is charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of crime.
