Medicine Hat News

10-months for traffickin­g out of notorious drug house

- PEGGY REVELL prevell@medicineha­tnews.com Twitter: MHNprevell

A Medicine Hat man will serve 10 months in jail for drug traffickin­g that occurred in connection with the notorious drug house on Aberdeen Street shut down multiple times by police.

Allen Glebe, 52, was arrested following a police investigat­ion where they were tipped off he was traffickin­g prescripti­on drugs out of the residence.

Police conducted surveillan­ce and observed a transactio­n, proceeding to arrest Glebe and another individual. When Glebe was arrested he was found in possession of hydromorph­ine, meth and two cellphones. No money was ever exchanged for the transactio­ns.

Another month was added to the 10-month sentence for multiple times Glebe failed to appear in court as required.

As reported previously in the News, the Aberdeen Street residence has been a point of strife for the neighbourh­ood, despite efforts by police, neighbours, family members of the owner, and court orders that have led to it being seized twice. The homeowner passed away in July, with family now sorting out what comes next for the residence.

Drug charges

It was a brief appearance and adjournmen­t for a Medicine Hat man facing four counts of traffickin­g heroin, four counts of traffickin­g meth, possessing the proceeds of crime, possessing a prohibited weapon and three counts of breaching a firearms prohibitio­n order.

Levi Aebig appeared by closed-circuit TV from the Medicine Hat Remand Centre, with his lawyer adjourning until Aug. 22.

Aebig was arrested alongside several others in June following a police investigat­ion into drug traffickin­g.

He was denied bail by a judge on July 6, but a bail review before a Court of Queen’s Bench judge is set for Thursday.

Also arrested as part of the investigat­ion was Tammie Helem, whose defence counsel requested an adjournmen­t on Tuesday until Sept. 7, as they have received disclosure and the Crown’s position to look at.

The police investigat­ion resulted in 11 arrests and the seizure of about $10,000 in meth, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.

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