{"id":41792,"date":"2024-01-05T19:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T23:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=41792"},"modified":"2024-01-05T19:20:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T23:20:59","slug":"police-charge-lower-sackville-man-in-drugs-weapons-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=41792","title":{"rendered":"Police charge Lower Sackville man in drugs\/weapons investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOWER SACKVILLE:<\/strong> A 56-year-old Lower Sackville man has been arrested as part of a drug and weapons investigation by Halifax District RCMP&#8217;s Community Action Response Team (CART).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cpl. Gui Tremblay, with Halifax District RCMP, said that two vehicles were also seized from the man when he was arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said in December 2023, CART received information that a man was trafficking drugs, targeting unhoused people in the Lower Sackville area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;During the course of the investigation, it was learned that the man was selling drugs in exchange for cash or bartered items, such as gift cards, from a camper he had parked on public property on Cobequid Road,&#8221; said Cpl. Tremblay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Jan. 5, RCMP CART, assisted by the RCMP Street Crime Unit and Halifax District RCMP general duty officers, executed a search warrant at the camper and safely arrested the 56-year-old Lower Sackville man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was driving back to the camper in a Ford pickup truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a search of the vehicles, officers located and seized items such as cocaine, pills (suspected opioids), a conducted energy weapon, a crossbow, replica firearms (.357 caliber revolver and a break-barrel air rifle), ammunition, sensory irritant, cash, gift cards and unstamped tobacco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man is being held in custody, Cpl. Tremblay said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man was scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on Jan. 5 to face numerous charges including, but not limited, to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of Property Obtained by Crime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of a Prohibited Weapon Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized (two counts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possession of a Weapon Obtained by the Commission of an Offence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;206&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspector Cory Bushell, Operations Officer East, Halifax District RCMP, said it was alarming that the accused targeted vulnerable unhoused people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our officers will continue to work with partners to help promote the safety of people experiencing homelessness in this area,&#8221; said Insp. Bushell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing, said Cpl. Tremblay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #:\u00a023-154035<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;192&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;] LOWER SACKVILLE: A 56-year-old Lower Sackville man has been arrested as part of a drug and weapons investigation by Halifax District RCMP&#8217;s Community Action Response Team (CART). Cpl. Gui Tremblay, with Halifax District RCMP, said that two vehicles were also seized from the man when he was arrested. 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