**** HRP Media Release
Police lay charges in break and enter
Police have charged two people in relation to two break and enters that occurred in Halifax this month.
On December 11, at approximately 4:35 a.m. officers responded to a report of a break and enter in progress at a business in the 1700 block of Lower Water Street. As officers arrived on scene, two people ran from the business. After a brief foot pursuit officers arrested the two suspects.
Officers were able to identify the two suspects in custody as the persons responsible for a second break and enter at the same business that had been reported on December 4.
Ibrahim Alnaasan, 22, and a 16-year-old youth were scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court yesterday to face charges of:
- Mischief (property damage) (x2)
- Possession of break tools (x2)
- Break and enter (x2)