ALERT charge two in Edmonton after homemade guns seized
EDMONTON — The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has arrested and charged two Edmonton residents after seizing four prohibited firearms, including two homemade machine guns, following an eight-month investigation.
ALERT Edmonton’s Guns and Gangs unit concluded the investigation last Thursday, arrested Jacob Balan, 37 and Amy Brogden, 29. Edmonton Police Service and RCMP also searched two homes in Edmonton and a property in Parkland County, where is is believed the guns were being manufactured.
Police seized four prohibited firearms, including two homemade MAC-11 submachine guns outfitted with suppressors and oversized magazines., along with a modified Suomi submachine gun with two oversized magazines and a Beretta equipped with a suppressor.
Police allege the MAC-11s were manufactured in a professional grade machinist shop, unbeknownst to the shop’s owner. The guns were fully automatic, with one trigger pull resulting in the entire magazine of 30 rounds being fired in seconds.