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Fentanyl powder, stun gun, cash seized in St. Albert drug bust: police

Fentanyl is seen in powdered form in this undated file photo. File / Global News

One person has been charged after RCMP executed a search warrant on a home in the Edmonton area and found what police described as equipment to produce and package fentanyl.

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On Oct. 19, officers from the Stony Plain/Spruce Grove/Enoch detachment searched a home in St. Albert, Alta. The search turned up approximately 200 grams of powder fentanyl, Canadian currency, a stun gun, three cellphones and assorted drug trafficking paraphernalia.

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A small fentanyl processing and packaging production was also uncovered, police said in a media release on Thursday.

Kelley Williams was arrested and has been charged with possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking, production of a scheduled substance (fentanyl), possession of methamphetamine, possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.

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The St. Albert resident was remanded into custody.

The St. Albert Drug Unit and the K Division Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response (CLEAR) Team also took part in the search and seizure.

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