Spotlight: Eastern Alberta rural crime highlights

The Eastern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit, launched in March, has made headway targeting the region’s chronic offenders. Here are some highlights picked from more than two dozen operations it has been involved in, along with local RCMP:
Case A: April 2018Five people, from age 26 to 62, are arrested as part of an investigation centred on the towns of Hardisty and Bruce. Police locate a chop shop and recover stolen property from places such as Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Viking, Veg