Guns, drugs, body armour and more seized in Calgary

Police say seven handguns were "taken out of the hands of a suspected drug dealer"after searching two homes and three vehicles in Calgary.

"Nearly half a million dollars in drugs and cash was also seized by ALERT," said the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams release.

It comes after Calgary police helped ALERT searchahomein Mahogany,another house in Somerset andthevehicles on May 17, according to a news release.

BehnamFayaz, 31, was arrested while leaving the Mahogany residenceand was in possession of a loaded Glock handgun that had been reported stolen, according to ALERT.

A search oftwo vehicles, which ALERT alleges were being used for drug deals, also uncovered six handguns.

Health inspectors called

ALERT said the home in Somerset appears to have been a crack cocaine production lab and was in such poor condition that the Alberta Health Inspectors office was notified.

In addition to the guns, police seized:

• Ammunition and extra magazines.
• Two Tasers.
• Body armour.
• 2.5 kilograms of cocaine.
• 1 kilogram of methamphetamine.
• 15 kilograms of a cocaine buffing agent.
• $50,000 cash proceeds of crime.

Fayaz faces charges on 26 offences related to drugs and firearms.

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