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EDMONTON Eleven people allegedly were part of a drug trafficking network in Edmonton and planning to smuggle fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine into the prison system, police say. The group faces a total of 60 charges and consists of Edmonton, St. Albert and Morinville residents, as well as current inmates. The provincial taskforce that deals with some of Alberta s most serious and organized crime, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), says the ring trafficked drugs in the capital region and conspired to smuggle drugs into the prison system and had established connections to Bowden Institution. The investigation, called Project Evolve, began in June 2019. ....