A southern Alberta man is facing a laundry list of charges after an investigation involving three different RCMP detachments.
The investigation began in mid-October, when Didsbury RCMP received reports of suspects using a butane extractor as part of an illegal cannabis operation.
RCMP officers from Didsbury, Airdrie and Olds worked together to search a home in Carstairs and an Airdrie business.
While searching the Carstairs home, officers located a butane extractor.
“This extractor is volatile in nature if not monitored/operated correctly, and possessed an explosion/fire risk to the public of Carstairs,” RCMP said in a Wednesday news release.
RCMP also seized the following:
- Approximately 250 illicit cannabis plants;
- Approximately 10 pounds of psilocybin (magic mushrooms);
- Three firearms;
- A Taser; and,
- Multiple ounces of cannabis extracts.
Officers arrested a man from the Airdrie business, and say he was in possession of $1,900 in cash and various quantities of other drugs, all believed to be “possessed for illicit sales.”
The accused, a 59-year-old man from Carstairs, is charged with almost two-dozen offences including assault and trafficking a controlled substance.
He was released on bail and is scheduled to appear in court on April 10.
