**** RCMP Media Release
RCMP charge two men after executing search warrant
The Yarmouth/Clare RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) has charged two men after executing a search warrant on Havelock St. in Yarmouth.
On January 13, the Yarmouth/Clare SCEU executed a search warrant a home on Havelock St. in Yarmouth. Two men were arrested without incident. During the search police seized unstamped cigarettes, a chemical irritant, cash, a digital scale and cellular phones.
Patrick Wade Walsh, 58, and Arnold Norman Cottreau, 62, both of Yarmouth, have been charged with the following:
- Selling of Tobacco Products and Raw Leaf Tobacco – Section 121.1(1) Criminal Code (CC);
- Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose – Section 88(2) Criminal Code (CC);
- Possession of a Tobacco Product Not Stamped – Section 216(1) Excise Act (EA);
- Possession of Tobacco on which Tax Has Not Been Paid – Section 39(1)(a) Revenue Act (RA);
- Possession of Tobacco Not Bearing a Prescribed Mark – Section 39(1)(b) Revenue Act (RA).
Both Walsh and Cottreau have been released and will appear in Yarmouth Provincial Court on March 1, 2022 at 9:30 a.m.
The investigation was assisted by the Yarmouth Town RCMP and the Meteghan RCMP.
