**** RCMP Media Release
Valley Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit charge man with drug offences
The Valley Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit (VISCEU) has charged a man with numerous offences after a search warrant was executed in Kentville.
On February 28, 2024, officers of the VISCEU, with the assistance of the Kentville Police Service General Investigation Section, the Kentville Police Service and the Kings District RCMP, completed a targeted traffic stop on a grey 2010 Toyota Corolla on Main St.
Three people were in the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop. Two people were released on scene while the third, a man, who had an outstanding arrest warrant was taken into custody. RCMP officers then noticed evidence of further criminal activities. The vehicle was towed and a search warrant was obtained.
Officers located and seized cocaine, scales, a pellet handgun, a conducted energy weapon and illegal cigarettes.
Michael Travis Quirk, 21, from Kentville, has been charged with:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking,
- Possession of Substance – cocaine;
- Failure to comply with a Release Order;
- Unlawful Possession of Unstamped Tobacco Products;
- Possession of Tobacco – Taxes not Paid;
- Possession of Tobacco – Not Bearing Prescribed Mark;
- Transport tobacco without Bill of Landing.
Quirk was remanded into custody and will be appearing in Kentville Provincial Court today.
