Guns and $40K of fentanyl seized from Braeside home: Calgary police

Two men are facing dozens of charges after Calgary police seized two guns and $40,000 worth of fentanyl from a Braeside home. (CPS handout)

Two men are facing dozens of charges after Calgary police seized two guns and $40,000 worth of fentanyl from a Braeside home.

Police say the men are believed to be responsible for drug trafficking activity in the city’s southwest.

The arrests came following a three-month investigation launched after reports of suspicious activity in the community of Braeside.

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Officers searched a home in the 200 block of Brookpark Drive S.W. on Oct. 2.

During the search, police say the following was seized:

• 553.7 grams of suspected fentanyl;
• KelTec Sub-2000 rifle with a loaded 25-round prohibited high-capacity magazine;
• Springfield XD .45-calibre handgun with a defaced serial number;
• 9 mm ammunition;
• a drug scale;
• suspected drug cutting agent; and
• more than $8,165 in cash, believed to be proceeds of crime.

A 26-year-old man and a 57-year-old man are each facing 17 drugs and weapons-related charges.

Anyone with further information about the incident is asked to call police at 403-266-1234.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.