Submachine-gun seized in Red Deer drug bust

Police seized a submachine-gun equipped with a silencer along with six other firearms in a series of drug raids in Red Deer and Sylvan Lake.

Wrapping up a six-month investigation, officers with the organized crime and gang team of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) searched three residences in Sylvan Lake and one home in Red Deer on Oct. 12.

The MAC-11 subcompact machine gun and two extended clip magazines werefound in the home of a man in the Vanier Woods neighbourhood of Red Deer.

The 26-year-old, who was on bail for an Edmonton homicide investigation, was arrested on charges related to drugs and firearms offences.

Six other guns were seized, including two SKS rifles, two shotguns, a sawed-off rifle, a handgun as well as ammunition rounds and body armour.

The investigation also turned up 68 grams of cocaine, along with various pills, buffing agents and other drug trafficking paraphernalia, ALERT said.

Six suspects were arrested and face a total of 38 charges related to drugs and firearms offences.

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