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Police says the suspect or suspects went to the front of a residence and set alight two boxes that were on the front deck leaning against a wall.

Police seized 30 grams of fentanyl and eight grams of cocaine

“In this operation, we aimed to enhance public safety by focusing on three things – safe vehicles, safe drivers, and safe roads."

Residents pay for these services up-front and receive a substandard job or are asked to pay more than originally quoted. The contractors will then disappear from the area before people realized they have been scammed.

The truck, with Alberta license plate CGC 6164, was stolen from a business on Veats Avenue between 1 and 2 a.m. on Friday (Feb. 14).

The theft occurred between 8 p.m. on Thursday (Feb. 13) and 4 p.m. on Friday (Feb.14).

Officers initially located the suspects in a stolen vehicle, but when police attempted to approach, the suspects fled the scene. A containment strategy was immediately enacted in the surround area.

The traffic stop led to the discovery and seizure of over 1,000 grams of methamphetamine, 145 grams of cocaine and one litre of GHB.

On Oct. 23, an RCMP officer with the Roving Traffic Unit conducted a traffic stop with a pickup truck on Highway 16 and made several observations that led him to suspect the lone male occupant was in possession of illegal drugs.

According to RCMP, a pedestrian was jogging on the roadside in the oncoming lane when a Dodge Dakota hit them. The vehicle then sped off and was last seen driving east on Switzer Drive.