ALERT Grande Prairie assists in take down of suspected Whitecourt drug dealer

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) in Grande Prairie helped bring down a suspected drug dealer in Whitecourt earlier this month.

ALERT’s organized crime and gang team in Grande Prairie assisted the Whitecourt RCMP in the search of a home in Whitecourt on January 21, as part of a joint drug trafficking investigation which was started in November.

Authorities say the search of the home turned up about $28,000 worth of drugs and cash, including 179 grams meth, 43 grams of cocaine, $13,610 cash, and a shotgun.

A Whitecourt man, 27-year-old Daniel Lee Scherer, was arrested and charged following the search. He faces charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking (both meth and cocaine), possession of a firearm without authorization, unsafe storage of firearm, two counts of failure to comply with undertaking conditions and possession of property obtained by crime.