On Nov. 28, 2024, the Airdrie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit paired up with the RCMP Special Investigation Sections, RCMP Emergency Response Team, and Calgary Police Tactical Team to execute a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant.
The search warrant was for two residences located in the Temple and Huntington Hills neighbourhoods of Calgary, Alberta.
Police seized $16,000 cash, unstamped tobacco cigarettes, fentanyl, fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and powder and crack cocaine.
In addition, police located an illegal cannabis grow operation where 265 cannabis plants in various stages of growth were seized.
A 52-year-old resident of Calgary, Wing Hock Woo, has been charged with three possession for the purpose of trafficking charges, selling tobacco products, fraud under $5,000, possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000, theft of electricity, and a charge for cultivating more than four cannabis plants.
Police stated that Woo was taken before a Justice of the Peace and was released on a Release Order with conditions. He is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Calgary Courts Centre in Calgary, Alberta.