Posted:
(4:23 p.m.)
Officers with the West Division Quick Response Unit (QRU) arrested two male youths after a stolen vehicle was recovered last night in Halifax.
At 7:45 p.m., West QRU officers located a stolen motor vehicle in the 100 block of Old Sambro Road. The officers conducted surveillance near the stolen vehicle, and at approximately 8:35 p.m., observed two young men enter the vehicle. As the officers drove toward the vehicle, the two youths fled on foot and were arrested a short distance away.
A 15-year-old male youth from Timberlea was held in custody overnight. He appeared in Halifax Provincial Youth Court today to face one count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, two counts of breach of an undertaking and one count of breach of probation under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
A 15-year-old male youth from Halifax was also held in custody overnight. He appeared in Halifax Provincial Youth Court today to face one count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and four counts of breach of probation under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Our Quick Response Units are an important part of the Halifax Regional Police crime reduction strategy, with a separate unit for each of our three divisions. The members in these units usually work in a plain clothes capacity and address crime and quality-of-life issues in our community