ALERT takes chomp out of Grande Prairie organized crime: Two-year long investigation nets six arrests and 22 charges

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) have broken up an organized crime network doing business out of Grande Prairie. Six people were arrested and charged. Project Glacier, the operation’s moniker, spanned two years. Thousands of hours of investigative work from ALERT and seven other agencies gathered information, tracked money and activities of a 42-year-old Wembley resident and five other people before culminating in arrests and charges on March 13. “Doug Wheeler was