Alejandra Pulido-Guzman

Lethbridge Herald

The Alberta Sheriffs closed another problem property in the South side of the city where criminal activity prompted more than 60 calls to police since 2021.

Inspector Brent Pickard with the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheriffs told reporters Wednesday that in June 2023 SCAN received a complaint of suspected drug and criminal activity at 1025 12 Street South.

“Throughout the investigation we received complaints from five different neighbourhood complainants about similar activities like come and go traffic to the property, intoxicated people to and from the property,” said Pickard. “Fights, arguments, assault with a weapon, people passed out, and police attendance on the property.”

He said SCAN investigated t

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