News release

Alberta RCMP Community Response Team and Cochrane Crime Reduction Unit seize fentanyl and firearm

May 12, 2025 - Calgary, Alberta
From: Alberta RCMP

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Your Alberta RCMP’s Community Response Team and the Cochrane Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), with assistance from the RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region, Sherriff Investigative Support Unit Surveillance Team, Calgary Police Tactical Unit, Calgary Police Service, Airdrie RCMP, and Cochrane RCMP, concluded a two-month drug trafficking investigation.

On May 1, 2025, the Alberta RCMP Community Response Team, Cochrane CRU, and Calgary Police Tactical Unit arrested Duane Phillips (50), a resident of Calgary, and a female (38), also a resident of Calgary, at the Sunridge Mall in Calgary, Alta. Information is yet to be sworn for the 38-year-old female, therefore her name cannot be released at this time.

Subsequent to their arrest, three search warrants were executed, including:

• A 2020 Chevrolet Malibu;
• One Residence in Livingston, Calgary; and
• One Apartment in Livingston, Calgary.

As a result of the investigation and subsequent search warrants, the following was seized:

• 271 grams of Fentanyl;
• 20 grams of Methamphetamine;
• 22 Oxycodone Pills;
• One Prohibited Firearm;
• Ammunition;
• Cell Phones;
• Scales;
• Scoresheets;
• Money Counter;
• $6,852 Counterfeit Canadian Currency;
• 60 Fraudulent Documents;
• Computers, Printers, Card Scanner, and Embosser to create Fraudulent Documents; and
• A 2020 Chevrolet Malibu.

Phillips and the 38-year-old female were jointly charged with:

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Fentanyl;
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Methamphetamine;
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Oxycodone;
• Possession of Proceeds of Crime;
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime;
• Possession of Identity Documents;
• Unlawfully Make Counterfeit Money; and
• Possession of Counterfeit Money.

In addition, Phillips was charged with:

• Trafficking Fentanyl;
• Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose;
• Possession of a Firearm while being Prohibited;
• Possession of a Prohibited Weapon while being Prohibited;
• Possession of Ammunition while being Prohibited;
• Possession of a Firearm without a licence;
• Possession of a Firearm knowing he was not the holder of a licence; and
• Possession of a Prohibited Weapon.

And the 38-year-old female was charged with:

• Five counts of Fail to Comply with a Release Order.

Phillips was remanded into custody and appeared in the Alberta Court of Justice in Cochrane on May 6, 2025. The 38-year-old female was released and is to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in Stony Plain on June 24, 2025.

As a part of your Alberta RCMP’s current Data 2 Action (D2A) focus, Community Response Teams have been established to address the concerns of fentanyl. D2A is an Alberta RCMP Crime Reduction Strategy that turns data and intelligence into actionable tasks focused on the four pillars of policing: targeted prevention, apprehension, suppression, and offender management. Community Response Teams combine focused outreach with targeted enforcement to improve safety, reduce victimization, and address the social determinants contributing to the root causes of crime.

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