**** HRP Media Release
Police charge man with firearms offences
Police have charged a man in relation to a firearms investigation in Halifax.
Yesterday at approximately 9:15 p.m. members of the Guns and Gangs Unit of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, assisted by Emergency Response Team members, stopped a vehicle in Halifax in relation to an ongoing investigation. Officers arrested a man and seized oxycodone pills and a loaded firearm.
Shiquawn Marcel Upshaw-Paris, 26, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face charges of:
- Careless handling of a firearm
- Contravention of storage regulations
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Carrying a concealed firearm
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
- Unauthorized possession in a motor vehicle
- Possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition
- Possession of a restricted firearm obtained by the commission of an offence
- Possession of a firearm contrary to an order x 4
- Possession of a controlled substance
- Breach of release order x 6
