Former Calgary mayoral candidate charged with drug trafficking

A former Calgary mayoral candidate is facing drug trafficking charges after investigators seized 2.2 pounds of what they describe as “high potency fentanyl.” The Guns and Gangs Unit identified a suspect believed to be trafficking drugs in the city in late 2018 and launched an investigation. That led to a traffic stop in January just outside Canmore, where a search of the vehicle revealed 2.2 pounds of powdered fentanyl along with 4.5 grams of a green substance later determined to be