Shotgun among items seized after car crashes into ditch

By Meghan Groff

Posted May 25, 2022 07:13:45 PM.

A Waverley man is facing several charges after a car crash in Goffs Monday.

RCMP were called to Old Guysborough Rd. at around 9 p.m. after an Audi A3 ended up in a ditch.

A witness who stopped to help said the driver stuffed a firearm into a bag before asking for a ride to a spot with cell service.

The witness complied and then returned the man to the scene, where the driver retrieved a second bag from the crashed vehicle.

Responding officers searched both bags and say they seized over $2,000, cannabis, hash, a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition.

Aaron Matthew Poole, 28, was arrested and is now facing the following charges:

Careless use of a firearm (two counts)
Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
Carrying a concealed weapon
Unauthorized possession of a firearm
Possession of a firearm while knowing its possession is unauthorized
Unauthorized possession in a motor vehicle
Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
Possession contrary to an order (two counts)

He appeared in Dartmouth Provincial Court yesterday and Mounties say the investigation is ongoing.

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