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N.S. man facing charges after police seize drugs, shotgun from crashed vehicle

During a search, police seized over $2,000 cash, cannabis, hash, a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition. (SOURCE: RCMP) During a search, police seized over $2,000 cash, cannabis, hash, a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition. (SOURCE: RCMP)
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A man is facing multiple weapons charges after police say they seized drugs and a shotgun from a vehicle that had just crashed in Goffs, N.S.

Halifax District RCMP responded to a single-vehicle crash on Old Guysborough Road around 9 p.m. Monday.

Officers learned the Audi A3 had left the roadway and landed in the ditch.

Police say a witness stopped to help the driver, who wasn’t injured.

While exiting the vehicle, police say the driver placed a firearm in a bag and asked the witness to drive him within cellphone range so he could make a call.

The witness agreed and then returned to the scene of the crash with the man.

The man then grabbed a second bad from the Audi, according to police.

"A search of the bags, completed by officers, resulted in the seizure of over $2,000 cash, cannabis, hash, a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition," said Nova Scotia RCMP Const. Guillaume Tremblay in a news release.

Police say 28-year-old Aaron Matthew Poole of Waverley, N.S.,was arrested and charged with:

  • two counts of careless use of a firearm
  • possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
  • carrying a concealed weapon
  • unauthorized possession of a firearm
  • possession of a firearm while knowing its possession is unauthorized
  • unauthorized possession ina motor vehicle
  • possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
  • two counts of possession contrary to order

Poole was held and custody and appeared in Dartmouth provincial court on Tuesday.

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