ALERT marks 20 years and $1 billion in drugs seized since 2006By Brook Wagner on July 29, 2026. The agency was set up by the provincial government in 2006, bringing together officers from several police services to fight serious and organized crime. ALERT says its teams have taken more than $1 billion of drugs off the street since 2006. He said the money gives ALERT the tools it needs to stay ahead of organized crime. ALERT’s chief executive, acting superintendent Thomas Graham, said drugs are still the main product of organized crime.