During a traffic stop on November 22, investigators located a half-kilogram of cocaine with a street value of $50,000 hidden in a truck driven by 31 year-old Frank Koran of Medicine Hat. In addition to the cocaine, a small amount of ecstasy tablets and cash was also found. A search warrant was executed on Koran’s residence where investigators found more cocaine and packaging material.

Police have charged Koran with possession and trafficking offences and have seized the Honda Ridgeline truck he was driving at the time of the stop, valued at $25,000.

Koran is scheduled to appear in court in Medicine Hat on November 24.

The Medicine Hat Integrated Intelligence Unit and CFSEU are integrated police teams made up of investigators from the Medicine Hat Police Service and the RCMP. They are part of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), an umbrella organization established by the Alberta government to bring together Alberta’s most sophisticated law enforcement resources to strategically tackle serious and organized crime.

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