Cranston bust sees more than $32K in drugs seized: Calgary police
Calgary police seized more than $32K in drugs from a Cranston home. (Calgary Police Service handout)
Calgary police seized more than $32,000 worth of drugs from a home in the community of Cranston last week, leading to charges against one man.
Officers searched a home in the 0 to 100 block of Cramond Green S.E. on Oct. 28., as well as a white 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee and white 2011 GMC Sierra 2500.
Police say the Jeep had a hidden compartment containing cash, drugs and a handgun.
Items seized during the search include:
- 590 grams of marijuana;
- 490 grams of psilocybin;
- 87 grams of cocaine;
- 61 grams of methamphetamine;
- 77 oxycodone pills;
- Eight ecstasy pills;
- A loaded 9mm Norinco pistol;
- $19,825 in cash; and,
- Two cans of bear spray.
The total value of everything seized is more than $50,000, according to police.
Robert Maurice Stone, 27, of Calgary, is facing more than a dozen drug and weapons-related charges.
He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
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