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Lower Sackville, N.S. man faces a number of charges after firearm seized from home

Nova Scotia RCMP says they located a rifle with a pistol grip when they executed a search warrant at a Lower Sackville, N.S. home. Nova Scotia RCMP says they located a rifle with a pistol grip when they executed a search warrant at a Lower Sackville, N.S. home.
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A 31-year-old man is facing a number of charges after police seized a firearm from a Lower Sackville, N.S. home.

Shortly after 5 a.m. on Jan. 6, the RCMP/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation Division Guns and Gangs Unit, with assistance from the Nova Scotia RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT), executed a search warrant at a home on Maple Grove Avenue.

Police searched the home and say a rifle with a pistol grip was located. Several people were arrested.

A Lower Sackville man was later released on conditions and will appear in court at a later date to face the following charges:

  • unauthorized possession of a firearm
  • possession of a firearm while knowing possession unauthorized
  • unauthorized possession of a prohibited device
  • possession of a prohibited device while knowing possession unauthorized
  • unsafe storage of a firearm
  • storage of a firearm contrary to regulations
  • possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

The other people who were arrested were all released without charge.

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