N.S. RCMP seize firearms and crossbow from tent, arrest man
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A 38-year-old man is facing weapons charges after police seized two firearms and a crossbow from a Bloomfield, N.S., residence on Wednesday.
According to an RCMP news release, officers responded to a complaint of a man threatening another man after a verbal altercation around 10:50 a.m. Officers found the suspect in a vehicle on Highway 101 in Plympton and arrested him shortly after noon.
Police later went to the Bloomfield residence and seized the firearms and crossbow, along with ammunition, from a tent on the property. One of the firearms was loaded at the time.
Krystofer Evan Robert Edmunds was charged with:
- four counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
- three counts of uttering threats
- two counts of contravention of storage regulations.
Edmunds appeared in court on Thursday.
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