{"id":668134,"date":"2026-05-14T04:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668134\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:02:13","slug":"handguns-seized-1-arrest-after-police-bust-in-calgary-ne-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668134\/","title":{"rendered":"Handguns seized, 1 arrest after police bust in Calgary NE: ALERT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An arrest has been made after a weapons bust in northeast Calgary involved a stolen firearm from Manitoba, Alberta\u2019s enforcement agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) says the seizure happened on April 16 after searching a vehicle and two homes in the city\u2019s northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Two handguns, magazines, ammunition, and shell casings were found inside. One of the handguns was reportedly stolen from Manitoba. Calgary police are analyzing the weapons and munitions to see if they\u2019re connected to other crimes.<\/p>\n<p>ALERT says 19-year-old Ikjot Sidhu was arrested on scene.  He now faces eight charges, including possession of a restricted firearm, a prohibited device, a firearm with ammunition, and a firearm obtained by crime.<\/p>\n<p>He was released from custody and is expected to appear in court on May 29.<\/p>\n<p>ALERT says Sidhu was arrested as part of an organized crime investigation based on information received regarding firearms activity.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/73f1ed2b-edce-c69b-258a-db78193186b2-1024x818.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tA handgun seized by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams on April 16, 2026. (ALERT) <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778182273_786_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An arrest has been made after a weapons bust in northeast Calgary involved a stolen firearm from Manitoba,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-668134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}