Three charged after Bedford residence searched by police
Posted Apr 29, 2023 11:15:46 AM.
Last Updated Apr 29, 2023 11:19:26 AM.
Three Bedford residents will appear in court on Monday after a traffic stop led Halifax Regional Police to search a home on Stockton Ridge. Members of the Quick Response Unit along with the Emergency Response team pulled over a vehicle on the Bedford Highway around 8:45 p.m. Friday.
That stop led police to search a home on Stockton Ridge, which led to the seizure of quantities of cocaine, hash, cannabis, prescription opioids, ammunition, Canadian currency, a prohibited weapon and two loaded firearms. Police also took two additional people into custody.
As a result, Darren Hersh Blumenthal, 54, Rebecca Faye Blumenthal, 49, and Dylan Benjamin Blumenthal, 26, are scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court Monday to face the following charges:
- Careless use of a firearm (x2)
- Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose (x3)
- Unauthorized Possession of a firearm (x2)
- Possession of an unauthorized firearm (x2)
- Unsafe storage contrary to regulations (x2)
- Unauthorized Possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized (x2)
- Possession of a weapon knowing it unauthorized (x2)
- Possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition (x2)
- Possession of a prohibited device (x2)
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking dilaudid
- Possession for the purpose of distribution
- Possession for the purpose of selling
- Possession, production, use of illicit cannabis
