Forest Lawn drug house closed following SCAN investigation

A problem drug house in Forest Lawn has been shuttered after complaints from neighbours.

It comes after theSafer Communities and Neighbourhoods team or SCAN initiated an investigation in October.

Neighbours has raised concerns aboutdrug activity and violence at the house locatedin the 1800block of 39th Street southeast.

Police executed a search warrant on Nov.13and later issued an eviction order for the residents.

A number of weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun, were seized from the homealong with small amounts of crack cocaine.

A 51-year-old man has since beencharged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of stolen property, possession of a weapon contrary to prohibition orderand being unlawfully at-large.

Calgary building inspectors and Alberta Health Services inspected the home two weeks later and determined it wasn't fit for human habitation.

The house has been boarded up and fenced off.