RCMP officers spent more than ten hours Thursday at a rural location in Nova Scotia’s Colchester County in connection with an ongoing major crime investigation.
Officers arrived early Thursday morning at a gravel road off Highway 289 in Eastville, N.S., with a forensic unit vehicle in tow.
Police declined to comment on the nature of their investigation or the reason for their presence there.
But local residents took notice, and speculation ensued.
“Four cars in front of them, and two cop cars behind them and they were going a little fast. Where they were going, I don't know,” said local resident Al McIntyre, who witnessed them arrive.
Speculation among local residents has ranged from the possibility of a drug growing operation to something more tragic.
“I've lived here for the last 60 years, and they do find bodies here,” said local resident Bernie Gay.“People seem to like to drop their bodies off after they've done their crimes.”
The area is the same one where the body of a Pictou County teen was discovered almost 15 years ago.
Kevin Wesley Martin, 13, was reported missing from his Stellarton home in 1994.
Police say commercial loggers working in the Burnside area of Colchester County found Martin’s remains buried in a shallow grave on Nov. 13, 2000.
His death was ruled a homicide but no charges have been laid in the case.
Two weeks ago, on the 21st anniversary of Martin’s disappearance, the RCMP issued a renewed call for public assistance in the case.
All they’ll say about their activities on Thursday, however, is that they’re acting on information to further an investigation.
With files from CTV Atlantic’s Dan MacIntosh
