The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) broke up a cross-border drug ring tied to Mexican cartels and seized what it says is its largest amount of cocaine ever.

The two-year-long Project Cerberus — which takes its name from the three-headed hound that guards the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology — began in May 2023, with the help of RCMP, Calgary police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It wrapped this month.

According to ALERT, the network would get the cocaine from Mexican cartels, transport it through the United States, then import and distribute it across Canada from British Columbia to Ontario.

Five Alberta men — two from Calgary and three from Edmonton — have been arrested and now face a combined 31 charges related to organized crime, drugs, money l

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