A four-month investigation initiated by the EPS Southwest CIS Project Team led to the parents, an adult male and female, being taken into custody and charged on Monday, Jan. 12, 2018.
Search warrants for the residence were expedited after investigators learned that two children, an infant and a toddler, were also residing in the southwest Edmonton residence and potentially at risk.
Investigators discovered 109 fentanyl pills, marijuana in various forms, two handguns and more than $90,000 in cash during their search. The parents, who cannot be identified to protect the identities of their children, are facing charges of:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking (x2) (fentanyl and marijuana)
- Production of a controlled substance (marijuana grow)
- Simple possession (THC gummies)
- Possession of a restricted firearm (x 2)
- Careless storage of a firearm (x 2)
- Possession of a loaded firearm
- Prohibited magazine
- Firearm with serial number defaced
- Possession of body armour (x 2), under the Body Armour Control Act
- Cause child to be in need of intervention (x 2), under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act
- Abandon/expose a child to risk (x 2), under the Drug Endangered Children Act
The children were apprehended by the EPS Child at Risk Response Team.