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LOWER SACKVILLE: Police have charged two men with multiple weapon offences after a traffic stop yesterday afternoon, Jan. 19 in Lower Sackville.
At approximately 2 p.m. investigators from the Guns and Gangs Unit of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, assisted by members of the HRP Emergency Response Team, stopped a vehicle on the Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville in relation to an ongoing investigation.
Officers stopped the vehicle without incident and investigators seized a handgun and ammunition.
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Vernon Washington Brown, 20, and Erich William Heckel, 20, both of Halifax, are scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial court today to face charges of:
•Careless handling of a firearm
•Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
•Carrying a concealed firearm
•Unauthorized possession of a prohibited firearm without authorization
•Possession of a prohibited firearm knowing it is unauthorized
•Unauthorized possession of a firearm in motor vehicle
•Possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition
File #21-7869
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