Drugs, handgun seized during traffic stop in Upper Sackville
Posted Oct 24, 2024 01:45:26 PM.
Last Updated Oct 24, 2024 02:04:45 PM.
A man from Mount Uniacke is facing a long list of charges after being pulled over by police on Highway 101 in Upper Sackville on Wednesday.
According to the RCMP, an officer noticed a passing Dodge Ram had an unregistered license plate. The officer stopped the truck and found the driver’s license had been revoked.
“During the course of the Motor Vehicle Act investigation, the officer observed a quantity of unstamped tobacco cigarettes in the vehicle, and the driver was arrested under the Excise Act,” the Mounties said in a media release. “The officer subsequently searched the vehicle and located more unstamped tobacco, bags of suspected methamphetamine pills, a significant quantity of cash, a 9mm handgun with the serial number removed, and two high capacity magazines.”
Jacob Netherton, 37, has been charged with offences including possession for the purpose of trafficking, unauthorized possession of a firearm and tampering with a firearm serial number.
Netherton was expected to appear in a Halifax courtroom on Thursday.
