{"id":931512,"date":"2026-10-13T13:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931512\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:32:10","slug":"two-calgary-men-face-34-charges-after-fentanyl-and-guns-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931512\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Calgary men face 34 charges after fentanyl and guns seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"posted\">By Brook Wagner on October 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/101326-calgary-guns-300x185.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>A three-month investigation ended with a search in the Braeside neighbourhood of Calgary, uncovering drugs, guns, paraphernalia and cash.&#8211;HANDOUT PHOTOS COURTESY CPS<a href=\"https:\/\/medicinehatnews.com\/news\/local-news\/2026\/10\/13\/two-calgary-men-face-34-charges-after-fentanyl-and-guns-seized\/mailto:bwagner@medicinehatnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bwagner@medicinehatnews.com<\/a><br \/>\nCalgary police have charged two men with a combined 34 offences after officers seized suspected fentanyl, two guns and more than $8,000 in cash from a home in that city\u2019s southwest.<br \/>\nMujahid Babekir, 26, and Shane David McWilliam, 57, each face 17 charges, the Calgary Police Service said Wednesday.<br \/>\nDistrict 6 patrol officers searched a house in the Braeside neighbourhood on Oct. 2 and arrested both men, police said. The search followed a three-month investigation that began in July when officers received reports of suspicious activity in the area.<br \/>\nPolice say they seized 553.7 grams of suspected fentanyl with an estimated street value of $40,000. Officers also took a KelTec Sub-2000 rifle fitted with a loaded 25-round prohibited magazine and a Springfield XD.45-calibre handgun with its serial number scratched off.<br \/>\nAlso seized were 9mm ammunition, a drug scale, a suspected cutting agent, several electronic devices and $8,165 in Canadian currency along with $30 in US currency. Police believe the cash was proceeds of crime.<br \/>\nEach man is charged with possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000 and four counts of possession of a controlled substance contrary to a probation order.  The remaining counts are firearms offences, including careless storage and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number.<br \/>\nAs of writing none of the charges been tested in court.<br \/>\nMcWilliam was scheduled to appear in court Friday. Babekir is set to appear Oct. 21.<br \/>\nAnyone with information can call Calgary police at 403-266-1234, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.<br \/>\n11<br \/> -10\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Brook Wagner on October 13, 2026. A three-month investigation ended with a search in the Braeside neighbourhood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48,12721],"class_list":["post-931512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-premium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931512","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=931512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}