**** RCMP Media Release
RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment seizes two handguns, drugs and cash
RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment (HRD) Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) has charged a man after executing two search warrants.
Yesterday, in relation to an ongoing firearms and drug trafficking investigation, RCMP HRD SCEU officers, with the assistance of RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment and the RCMP Emergency Response Team, safely arrested a 42-year-old man at a residence on Willis Ln. in North Preston.
Investigators then executed search warrants at that home and at a second residence on Paris Ln. in Westphal. During the searches, officers seized two handguns, magazines, ammunition, methamphetamines, drug paraphernalia, cash and cell phones.
Judson Lamar Thompson, from North Preston, has been charged with:
- Possession of Methamphetamines for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose (two counts)
- Careless use of a Firearm (two counts)
- Contravention of Storage Regulations (two counts)
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm (two counts)
- Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Weapon (two counts)
- Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession if Unauthorized (two counts)
- Possession of a Device knowing its Possession is Unauthorized (two counts)
- Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition (two counts)
- Possession of a Weapon Obtained by the Commission of an Offence (two counts)
Thompson appeared in court yesterday and was remanded into custody. He will return in Dartmouth Provincial Court today.
Anyone with information about illicit drugs or other criminal activity in the Halifax Regional Municipality is encouraged to contact police at 902-490-5020. To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips app.
