Nine Alberta Men Charged in 1.5 Million Dollar Cocaine Bust

By Dara Defreitas

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On October 21st 2009, Michelle Butterfield released an article in the Calgary Herald informing readers that five Calgary men and four Red Deer men had been charged with the trafficking of vast quantities of Cocaine.

Butterfield mentioned that a total of eleven kilograms of Cocaine was found, and that the nine arrested supplied the drug to street gangs and criminal organisations all across Alberta.

It was said the success of the capture of each man had come from an investigation that had been ongoing for a year by the Calgary Combined Special Forces Unit.

No statistics were used, but Butterfield fully named each arrested man, stated their age, where they were from (Red Deer or Calgary), and specified how many charges each of them faced.

She also explained that eleven kilograms of Cocaine was worth a 1.5 million dollars street value, which I felt was a good idea to mention because, to most readers, eleven kilograms doesn’t necessarily mean anything if they aren’t aware of the price that Cocaine costs, giving them a better understanding.

Like the general conclusion drawn from my other Gangstar members, I think that this article has slight subjectivity to it because Butterfield chose to add the opinion of Inspector Kevin Forsen, who stated that the arrest of these men would impede activity of the gangs that were supplied with the Cocaine.

References
Butterfield, Michelle. (2009, October 21). Nine charged in cocaine trafficking bust. Calgary Herald. Retrieved October 21, 2009, from http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Nine+charged+cocaine+trafficking+bust/2129304/story.html