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Calgary man wanted in organized crime bust surrenders to police

Calgary man wanted in organized crime bust surrenders to police

A man who was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant in connection with a major organized crime investigation has turned himself in to Calgary police.

Andrew McGuire, 41, was one of 10 Calgarians implicated in the year-long probe that culminated late last month.

The investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) netted 111 charges against the 10 men — related to drugs, firearms and organized crime.

Primary suspect Timothy Varga, 40, faces numerous charges, including instructing a criminal organization, committing offences for a criminal organization and trafficking in cocaine.

Search warrants were executed throughout the course of the investigation in Calgary and in the Okanagan region of B.C.

Police say they found drugs and firearms in Varga's home, despite a lifetime firearms prohibition from a previous manslaughter conviction.

Many of the offences Varga and his associates were implicated in were detailed by ALERT in September 2016. Since then, additional charges have been finalized.

The investigation involved the help of RCMP in Vernon and Sicamous, B.C. It also involved Public Prosecution Services Canada, Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit British Columbia, Canada Border Services Agency, Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta, and Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre.

ALERT is a government-funded compilation of the province's different law enforcement groups.

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