$77,000 in illegal drugs seized in north Edmonton bust

An Edmonton man is facing a rash of trafficking charges after a valuable stash of illicit drugs, prescription pills, and cash were discovered inside a north Edmonton home.

The Edmonton Drug and Gang Enforcement Unit searched the home near119th Avenue and 85th Street Monday.

Inside, officers found a long list of illegal narcotics, including fentanyl, a deadly opioid considered 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine or heroin.

The drugs alone have a street value of more than $77,600, according to police.

Police found:

• 56 fentanyl pills with a street value up to $2,260.
• More than $52,000 in Canadian currency.
• 504 g cocaine hydrochloride with a street value up to $50,402.
• 89g cocaine base with a street value up to $8,920.
• 102g of methamphetamine with a street value up to $10,250.
• 195g of MDMA with a street value up to $ 5,632.
• 36 codeine pills with a street value up to $180.
• 4 Xanax pills with a street value up to $20.

Three watches including a Rolex worth $25,000, and a 2011 Mercedes Benz GLK350 were also seized under civil forfeiture.

A 25-year-old Edmonton man was arrested at the homeand charged with four counts ofpossession for the purpose of trafficking.