Calgary, AB,
10
July
2014
|
10:04
America/Denver

Charges in Cocaine Trafficking Investigation

The Calgary Police Service Drug Unit has laid 30 charges against two people in relation to alleged cocaine trafficking.

On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, five warrants were executed at three residences and two vehicles. The residences were located in the 500 block of 25 Avenue S.W., the 100 block of Deerfield Terrace S.E and the 8800 block of Horton Road S.W. A sixth warrant was further executed on Monday, May 26, 2014, at a safe deposit box at a financial institution.

During the execution of the warrants, investigators seized:

  • 3,632.1 grams of cocaine
  • 200 grams of crack cocaine
  • 166 grams of marijuana, many individually packaged
  • 18 grams of marijuana butter
  • 373.4 grams of MDMA
  • 1,240.4 grams of an unknown cutting agent
  • $43,169 in Canadian currency
  • $1,960 in US currency
  • 9 mm handgun with ammunition
  • Taser
  • Scales
  • Packaging materials and a heat sealer
  • Cookware for production of crack cocaine
  • Cell phones

Peter Alexander STEELL, 30, of Calgary, is charged with:

  • Possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking
  • Possession of ecstasy for the purpose of trafficking
  • Production or manufacturing of cocaine
  • Two counts of possession of marijuana
  • Two counts of possession of property obtained by crime
  • Five counts of possession of a weapon for a  dangerous purpose
  • Two counts of unsafe storage of a firearm
  • Two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
  • Two counts of possession of a restricted or prohibited weapon with ammunition
  • Possession of prohibited weapon other than a replica

Clayton Matthew TOGONON, 31, of Calgary, is charged with:

  • Possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking
  • Possession of ecstasy for the purpose of trafficking
  • Production or manufacturing of cocaine
  • possession of marijuana
  • possession of property obtained by crime
  • Two counts of possession of a weapon for a  dangerous purpose
  • Unsafe storage of a firearm
  • Unauthorized possession of a firearm
  • Possession of a restricted or prohibited weapon with ammunition
  • Possession of prohibited weapon other than a replica

STEELL and TOGONON will next appear in court on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

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