Court order shuts Calgary home over drug activities, violence

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By Femi SHODUNKE

CANADA: A PROPERTY, where drug activities and violence were discovered to be going on in Calgary, Alberta, has been sealed, thus preventing anyone from entering the place within the next 90 days.

The police got the Court of Queen’s Bench order on December 16, 2016 against the owner of the property at 625-27 Ave. N.E., to close the place until April 13, 2017.

GatewayMail gathered that the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit moved in after the court order to shut the place following complaints that the events at the property were endangering residents who live nearby.

Investigators looking into the allegations got a Community Safety Order (CSO) giving SCAN the authority to board up the house, change the locks and fence off the property.

“Targeting properties that are associated with criminal activity is an important tool in keeping our communities safe,” the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, Kathleen Ganley, said, adding: “I commend SCAN investigators for their work on this file.”

It was learnt that investigation into the allegations started in May 2016 following multiple complaints about the property, which has been visited by the Calgary Police Service 30 times in the past year.

“Prior to the SCAN investigation, police executed two search warrants.  Five stolen firearms including a loaded handgun were seized, along with a large quantity of fentanyl pills, ecstasy, marijuana and stolen property valued at more than $150,000,” a news release from the Alberta government said.

The release added: “Police involvement at the property also included responding to a violent altercation in the front yard between two men, one of whom was armed with a machete. In February 2016, there was a drug overdose at the property.”

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