POLICE REPORT: $250,000 IN DRUGS SEIZED IN MEDICINE HAT

ALERT Medicine Hat’s organized crime team seized 1,010 grams of cocaine and 800 grams of fentanyl, along with smaller amounts of methamphetamine and cash proceeds of crime, totaling more than $250,000 in estimated street value.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Thorburn, ALERT, stated:
“This would rank as one of the largest fentanyl seizures in Medicine Hat and we are already seeing an impact on the drug’s supply in the community. Working with our partners, we have prioritized fentanyl investigations and this seizure is the latest example of the success we are having.”

Some of the drugs were seized from a home in the Flats neighbourhood on June 13, 2025, with assistance from Medicine Hat Police Service. ALERT also seized two vehicles as offence-related property, which—along with the cash—will be considered for civil forfeiture and use in the province’s Victims of Crime Fund.

CHARGES LAID

• Sean Bowers, 44, of Medicine Hat:

  • Drug trafficking

  • Possession for the purpose of trafficking

  • Possession of proceeds of crime

  • Possession of a prohibited weapon

ALERT alleges Bowers trafficked drugs throughout southeastern Alberta and began investigating him in June 2025.

• Robert Jones, 38,

• Sonya Bayes, 35, both of Medicine Hat:

  • Each charged with one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking

Bowers remains in custody, while Jones and Bayes have been released. All three are scheduled to appear in court on July 3, 2025.

RECENT MAJOR FENTANYL SEIZURES IN MEDICINE HAT

• 4,998 grams (Feb. 2022 – Project Motor)

• 2,972 grams (Jan. 2023 – MHPS)

• 679 grams (July 2022)

• 330 grams (Feb. 2025)

ALERT’s investigation is ongoing.

PHOTOS: Seized drugs, cash, scales, and weapons.

ALERT is funded by the Alberta Government and combines the province’s top law enforcement resources to combat serious and organized crime.