{"id":46720,"date":"2024-07-07T14:42:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T17:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=46720"},"modified":"2024-07-07T14:42:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T17:42:35","slug":"police-arrest-man-in-sipeknekatik-on-firearms-related-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=46720","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest man in Sipekne&#8217;katik on firearms-related charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SIPEKNE&#8217;KATIK:<\/strong> RCMP have arrested a 34-year-old man in Sipekne&#8217;katik for firearms-related offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cindy Bayers, with Nova Scotia RCMP, said that Sipekne&#8217;katik RCMP arrested the man after executing a search warrant at a residence on July 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 5, with assistance of East Hants, Millbrook, Colchester County and Cumberland County RCMP, Sipekne&#8217;katik RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on Meadowbrook Rd., Sipekne&#8217;katik, as part of a firearms investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;During the search, officers seized seven firearms, including two prohibited firearms, magazines and ammunition, a quantity of liquid and edible psilocybin (mushrooms), and a quantity of contraband tobacco,&#8221; said Bayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the residence, officers safely arrested a 34-year-old man for firearms offences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man has been released from custody pending a future court appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation is ongoing with the assistance of the RCMP National Weapons Enforcement Support Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information about firearms in the community or other suspicious incidents is asked to contact Sipekne&#8217;katik RCMP at 902-758-3388. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at\u00a01-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3\u00a0Tips app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File # 2024-917349<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;218&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;] SIPEKNE&#8217;KATIK: RCMP have arrested a 34-year-old man in Sipekne&#8217;katik for firearms-related offences. Cindy Bayers, with Nova Scotia RCMP, said that Sipekne&#8217;katik RCMP arrested the man after executing a search warrant at a residence on July 5. On July 5, with assistance of East Hants, Millbrook, Colchester County and Cumberland County RCMP, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[1581,1682,7003,14,1745],"class_list":["post-46720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-east-hants-rcmp","tag-firearms","tag-millbrook-rcmp","tag-rcmp","tag-sipeknekatik-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}