5 arrested after RCMP seize correctional uniforms, guns and drugs

Police arrested four men and one woman in a northern Nova Scotia community after executing a search warrant that turned up a number of items including body armour and guns.

On Feb. 20, RCMP were investigating an ongoing voyeurism case when they arrested five people in a home on Highway 246 in West New Annan, north of Truro.

After, officers executed a search warrant at the home where they took cell phones, laptops, a pistol, a shotgun, a loaded rifle, ammunition, body armour, correctional services uniforms, exploding pellets and methamphetamine pills.

As a result, Leland Lance Lynds, 55, of West New Annan, has been charged with:

• Possession of Cannabis for the Purpose of Selling
• Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized (three counts)
• Contravention of Storage Regulations (three counts)
• Possession Contrary to a Prohibition Order (six counts)
• Failure to Comply with a Probation Order
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
• Possession of a Controlled Substance (three counts)

Colby Alexander Keating, 28, of Central New Annan, was charged with:

• Failure to Comply with a Probation Order
• Failure to Comply with a Release Order (two counts)
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm (three counts)
• Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon or Restricted Weapon
• Possession of a Controlled Substance (three counts)
• Possession of Cannabis for the Purpose of Selling

Lynds remains in custody and is due in court on Feb. 26. Keating was also held and then released on conditions by the courts. He is set to appear in court on April 2.

A 66-year-old man was issued an offence ticket under the Body Armour Control Act of Nova Scotia. The other two, a 43-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, were released on conditions.

The three are set to appear in court at a later date.