Over $1M Seized in Calgary Drug Bust

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams said Sept. 2 that its Calgary organized crime unit had charged two people after a July 30 search in northeast Calgary turned up more than $1 million in cash and about $1.2 million worth of suspected drugs. Officers searched a home in Skyview and later searched homes in Harvest Hills and Rocky Ridge, along with two vehicles, according to police. The cash seizure is believed to be the largest single amount ever recovered by ALERT’s Calgary organized crime team. The agency said the investigation was tied to a Lethbridge file from May that involved nearly four kilograms of cocaine. ### Where did police make the seizure? Skyview was the focus of the July 30 search that produced the largest haul, according to ALERT and local reports. Police said officers also searched properties in Harvest Hills and Rocky Ridge and examined two vehicles as part of the same investigation. Calgary-area media reports identified the main property as being in Skyview Ranch, a northeast Calgary community. (cbc.ca) ALERT has described the seizure as part of an organized crime investigation handled by its Calgary team. ### What exactly did investigators say they found? ALERT said officers seized more than $1 million in suspected drug proceeds and a range of suspected narcotics with an estimated value of roughly $1.2 million. (cbc.ca) The drugs listed by police were about 3,000 grams of suspected fentanyl, 7,000 grams of suspected MDMA, 2,000 grams of methamphetamine, 500 grams of cocaine and 500 grams of cannabis. (ca.news.yahoo.com) RED FM, citing police, also reported that investigators recovered a Taser and tracking devices during the searches. CBC’s report and other broad summaries of the case did not list those items in the same detail, but they matched the charge of possessing a prohibited weapon. ### Who was charged, and with what offences? (cbc.ca) Two suspects, ages 36 and 51, were charged with possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime and possession of a prohibited weapon, police said. CBC did not name the accused in its initial report. RED FM identified the accused as Kerry Lu, 36, and Donald Ng, 51. (redfm.ca) That report said both men were facing the same core allegations described by ALERT. Because police had not publicly detailed the court file in the sources reviewed, the allegations remain unproven in court. ### Why are investigators linking this Calgary case to Lethbridge? (cbc.ca) May was the starting point for the broader investigation, according to ALERT’s account carried by CBC. Police said an ALERT Lethbridge investigation that month found almost four kilograms of cocaine, and investigators later linked that seizure to a Calgary-based supplier. (redfm.ca) That connection is the clearest public indication that police see the Calgary searches as part of a wider trafficking network rather than an isolated possession case. Police have not, in the reports reviewed, described any additional suspects or laid out the full scope of that network. ### How unusual is a seven-figure cash seizure for ALERT? (cbc.ca) ALERT said the cash recovered in this case was believed to be the largest single seizure ever made by its Calgary organized crime team. That makes the money count a central fact in the case, even in a province that has seen several multi-million-dollar organized crime investigations in recent years. (cbc.ca) In a separate Aug. 6, 2026 investigation led by ALERT Edmonton, the agency reported seizing $1,156,863 in cash as part of a broader province-wide trafficking probe. That case had no charges announced at the time, but it shows the scale of cash movements investigators say they are encountering in Alberta organized crime files. (cbc.ca) ### What happens next in the case? Calgary courts are the next stop for the two accused as the charges proceed. Police said the investigation remains tied to the earlier Lethbridge cocaine file, and additional details about any wider network would likely emerge through future court appearances or further police releases. (cbc.ca) (calgary.citynews.ca)