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Halifax Regional Police has charged a man with weapons and drug offences in relation to an incident in Halifax last week.
On March 22 at approximately 9 p.m. officers responded to a man with a gun inside a restaurant in the 6900 block of Mumford Road threatening customers and staff.
Officers arrested the man inside the restaurant and seized a replica firearm, ammunition, a collapsible baton and quantities of what are believed to be cocaine and methamphetamine.
A 28-year-old man is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court today to face charges of:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking (x2)
- Carrying a concealed weapon (x2)
- Possession of a weapon dangerous to the public (x2)
- Use of an imitation firearm in an offence
- Uttering threats to cause death
- Failing to comply with conditions of a court order
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