Three people face slew of weapons, drug charges following arrests in Bedford, N.S.
Two men and a woman are facing drug and weapons charges after a home was searched in Bedford, N.S., on Friday night.
Halifax Regional Police say officers conducted a traffic stop around 8:45 p.m. on the Bedford Highway in relation to an ongoing investigation. According to police, a man inside the vehicle was safely arrested.
A short time later, investigators searched a home on Stockton Ridge. A man and a woman were arrested inside the home.
Police seized several items from the property including:
- cocaine
- hash
- cannabis
- prescription opioids
- ammunition
- Canadian currency
- a prohibited weapon
- two loaded firearms
Darren Hersh Blumenthal, 54, Rebecca Faye Blumenthal, 49, and Dylan Benjamin Blumenthal, 26, are scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court Monday to face the following charges:
- careless use of a firearm (two counts)
- possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose (three counts)
- unauthorized Possession of a firearm (two counts)
- possession of an unauthorized firearm (two counts)
- unsafe storage contrary to regulations (two counts)
- unauthorized Possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized (two counts)
- possession of a weapon knowing it unauthorized (two counts)
- possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition (two counts)
- possession of a prohibited device (two counts)
- possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine
- possession for the purpose of trafficking dilaudid
- possession for the purpose of distribution
- possession for the purpose of selling
- possession, production, use of illicit cannabis
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