Calgary

Tip leads police to $430K drug trafficking operation in southeast Calgary

Calgary police say a tip to Crime Stoppers led investigators to more than $430,000 worth of cocaine and other drugs and the arrest of one suspect.

1 man arrested and charged, 2nd suspect wanted on warrants

Dakota Rickie Foster, 26, is wanted on warrants in connection to a drug trafficking operation uncovered by Calgary police on July 14. (Calgary Police Service)

Calgary police say a tip to Crime Stoppers led investigators to more than $430,000 worth of cocaine and other drugs and the arrest of one suspect.

The investigation started in February and wrapped up on July 14 with a raid on a residence in the 200 block of 13th Avenue S.E., police said in a release on Friday.

Officers found four one-kilogram bricks of cocaine, more than 1,000 oxycodone pills, 133 grams of MDMA (ecstasy), 116 grams of psilocybin, about 29 grams of ketamine and 35 bottles of liquid codeine inside the home.

Jesse Dale Jonsson, 25, was arrested nearby and charged with six drug-trafficking related charges and one count of proceeds of crime over $5,000. He was set to appear in court on Friday.

Police are searching for a second suspect, Dakota Rickie Foster, 26.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call police or contact Crime Stoppers.

Foster is approximately 5'8" tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has blue eyes and brown hair. 

He has a tattoo on the front of his neck, as well as tattoos on both arms and on his fingers.