{"id":925739,"date":"2026-10-08T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925739\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:16:11","slug":"two-calgary-men-face-dozens-of-drug-weapons-charges-after-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925739\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Calgary men face dozens of drug, weapons charges after bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Calgary men are facing a long list of drug and firearms charges after a police investigation in the city\u2019s southwest.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary police say the investigation began in July after receiving reports of suspicious activity in the community of Braeside.<\/p>\n<p>Following a three-month investigation, officers executed a search warrant on Oct. 2 at a residence on Brookpark Drive SW.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, police seized nearly 554 grams of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $40,000, along with a KelTec rifle equipped with a prohibited high-capacity magazine, a handgun with a defaced serial number, ammunition, a drug scale, suspected cutting agents and more than $8,000 in cash believed to be proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n<p>Police also seized multiple electronic devices from the home.<\/p>\n<p>Mujahid Babekir Babekir, 26, and Shane David McWilliam, 57, have each been charged with numerous offences related to drug trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime, and a range of alleged firearms offences involving the possession and storage of restricted and prohibited weapons and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Both are scheduled to appear in court this month.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to contact Calgary police at 403-266-1234 or submit tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers.<\/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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791494171_13_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Calgary men are facing a long list of drug and firearms charges after a police investigation in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-925739","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\/925739","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=925739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}