“The Alberta RCMP recently became aware of a small organized group within the larger Coutts protest. Information was received that this group had access to a cache of firearms with a large quantity of ammunition. The group was said to have a willingness to use force against the police if any attempts were made to disrupt the blockade. This resulted in an immediate and complex investigation to determine the extent of the threat and criminal organization.”
“As a result of this investigation, the Alberta RCMP executed a search warrant during the early hours of Feb. 14, on three trailers associated to this criminal organization. This resulted in the arrest and detainment of 11 individuals. As result of these search warrants, the following was seized: 13 long guns, handguns, multiple sets of body armour, a machete, a large quantity of ammunition, high capacity magazines,” says the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a statement.
“Whoa, that’s what they seized? We call that the fucking slowest Monday ever around here,” said an agent at an FBI field office in West Texas. Well, we made that part up. But they would say that.