{"id":60379,"date":"2025-11-18T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=60379"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:09:09","slug":"dartmouth-man-charged-with-drug-trafficking-after-rcmp-seize-large-quantity-of-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=60379","title":{"rendered":"Dartmouth man charged with drug trafficking after RCMP seize large quantity of drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HRM: <\/strong>RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) has seized a large quantity of drugs and have charged a Dartmouth man with drug trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment SCEU began an investigation into the transportation of cocaine into the HRM.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers identified the drug transporter, Exile Antonino Sandulu, 38 years old, of Dartmouth, and monitored his movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information was released during a media conference at RCMP Headquarters on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5684_wm-1024x683-2-e1763514412288.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5684_wm-1024x683-2-e1763514412288.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5684_wm-1024x683-2-e1763514412288-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Sean DeWitt, Waterfront Media photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0In a release, RCMP said that on September 29, at approximately 5:55 p.m., with the assistance of the RCMP NS Emergency Response Team, officers stopped an eastbound Nissan Quest driven by Sandulu on Hwy. 104, Colchester County.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A search of the Nissan Quest located 40 kilograms of cocaine and approximately 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills in a hidden vehicle compartment.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The street value of the cocaine and pills is estimated to be approximately $4,000,000.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandulu, has bee charged with two counts of drug trafficking.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was released by the court and is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court on December 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #: 25-130604<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HRM: RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) has seized a large quantity of drugs and have charged a Dartmouth man with drug trafficking. 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