(Photo Credit: Grande Prairie RCMP)

By Nathaniel Leigh

RCMP

Grande Prairie RCMP execute search warrant in Scenic Ridge July 17

Jul 27, 2025 | 12:05 PM

A pair of Grande Prairie residents were arrested earlier this month and roughly a thousand grams of suspected narcotics were seized during the execution of a search warrant.

On July 17, the Grande Prairie RCMP Drug Section executed the warrant at a duplex in Scenic Ridge, with assistance from the Grande Prairie RCMP CRU and the Grande Prairie Rural CRU.

Various items were seized as a result:

• 900 grams of suspected cocaine
• 100 grams of suspected mushrooms
• 11 firearms
• 3 prohibited firearms; 2 were loaded
• Materials consistent with drug trafficking
• Over 15,000 rounds of ammunition
• 4 prohibited devices
• 16,000 contraband cigarettes

50-year-old Michael Lutgen and 36-year-old Alexander Lutgen, both of Grande Prairie, have been arrested and are facing several charges:

• Trafficking in a controlled substance (x2)
• Possession of stolen property
• Careless use or storage of a firearm
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Fraud

Both suspects were released on conditions and are to appear before the Alberta Court of Justice in Grande Prairie Monday, July 28.