Gun store in Cardston shut down following ALERT investigation; two men charged
CARDSTON, AB — The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) have shut down a gun store in Cardston and arrested the two owners following an investigation into alleged gun trafficking.
ALERT’s organized crime team in Lethbridge and the RCMP National Weapons Enforcement Support Team executed the search warrant on May 29 following a five month investigation into K&D Implements in Cardston. ALERT alleges the store was selling firearms and ammunition illegally.
The store owners are accused of failing to ensure firearm purchasers possessed valid Possession Acquisition Licenses, which prompted the firearm trafficking charges.
“This gun store needlessly put public safety at risk by allowing conceivably anyone to acquire guns,” said ALERT Lethbridge Staff Sgt. Jason Walper in a news release. “We would be naïve to believe that this was not exploited by organized crime and the criminal element.”