RCMP seized loaded handgun in Halifax; many charges laid
Posted Feb 21, 2025 12:58:35 PM.
Last Updated Feb 21, 2025 12:59:03 PM.
A man is facing many charges after the RCMP street crime unit executed a search warrant in Dartmouth.
On Feb. 20 in the afternoon, officers with help from Halifax Regional Police, arrested a 35-year-old man outside a Main Street business.
Police then searched a residence on Garnett Street where they found a loaded handgun.
They also found several other issues at the home and laid other charges such as:
- Careless use of a firearm
- Contravention of storage regulations
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device (over capacity magazine)
- Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
- Possession of a prohibited device knowing its possession is unauthorized (over capacity magazine)
- Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
- Possession of a firearm obtained by the commission of an offence
- Possession contrary to firearm prohibition order (four counts)
Jarrem Gallant, of Toronto but formerly of Dartmouth, was held in custody and is scheduled to appear in court today.
