Man wanted in connection with $2.3 million Edmonton drug bust

An arrest warrant has been issued for an Edmonton man in connection with a $2.3 million drug bust earlier this month.

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) executed a search warrant at an apartment in the Windermere neighborhood on October 9 and seized the following:

• 17.7 kilograms of cocaine;
• 5.3 kilograms of MDMA;
• 950 grams of methamphetamine;
• 3.1 kilograms of ketamine;
• five kilograms of psilocybin mushrooms;
• 20,000 oxycodone pills;
• 4,705 illegal prescription pills; And
• $41,000 in cash.

The warrant stems from an investigation dating back to June involving a high-level drug trafficker with several supply lines in the Edmonton area.

An arrest warrant has been issued for 36-year-old Minh Nguyen on charges of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime and possession of counterfeit money.

Police said Nguyen was supplying supplies to other drug dealers in Edmonton and other northern Alberta communities.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call police.