Cape Breton Regional Municipality
A man arrested on Friday night faces additional charges as a result of a search yesterday morning in Halifax. On Friday, June 17 at 9:20 p.m., a man was arrested during a traffic stop in the 300 block of Bedford Highway. That led to a search of a nearby residence where a handgun and drugs were located. A woman was also arrested at that location and both appeared in court yesterday to face numerous drug and weapons related offences.
At 9:30 a.m. yesterday, officers assigned to the HRP / RCMP Integrated Financial Crime Unit conducted a search of a storage unit on Chebucto Road in connection with the arrest on Friday. Three rifles and two handguns, as well as a quantity of cocaine, ecstasy and other prescription medicine were seized.
In addition to the charges laid in the incident on Friday night, 39-year-old Colin Nicholas Paris of Halifax faces 25 new charges in connection with yesterday’s search. They consist of five counts each for unsafe storage of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a weapon obtained by the commission of an offence, possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized, two counts of possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition and three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking. He is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on the new charges today.
Halifax Regional Police / RCMP - Media Release - June 21, 2011 (2 p.m.) - GO# 11-88318 - GO# 11-88074 - GO# 11-89476
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A man arrested on Friday night faces additional charges as a result of a search yesterday morning in Halifax. On Friday, June 17 at 9:20 p.m., a man was arrested during a traffic stop in the 300 block of Bedford Highway. That led to a search of a nearby residence where a handgun and drugs were located. A woman was also arrested at that location and both appeared in court yesterday to face numerous drug and weapons related offences.At 9:30 a.m. yesterday, officers assigned to the HRP / RCMP Integrated Financial Crime Unit conducted a search of a storage unit on Chebucto Road in connection with the arrest on Friday. Three rifles and two handguns, as well as a quantity of cocaine, ecstasy and other prescription medicine were seized.
In addition to the charges laid in the incident on Friday night, 39-year-old Colin Nicholas Paris of Halifax faces 25 new charges in connection with yesterday’s search. They consist of five counts each for unsafe storage of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a weapon obtained by the commission of an offence, possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized, two counts of possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition and three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking. He is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on the new charges today.
Halifax Regional Police / RCMP - Media Release - June 21, 2011 (2 p.m.) - GO# 11-88318 - GO# 11-88074 - GO# 11-89476
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