Halifax Regional Police has charged a 24-year-old man after they say he was in possession of a loaded firearm and body armour on a city bus.
Around 11:45 p.m. Sunday, police were helping to remove a man, who they say was intoxicated, from a Halifax Transit bus that was stopped at the transit terminal in the 800 block of Portland Street in Dartmouth.
The force says officers removed the man, who had a loaded firearm and body armour on him. Both items were seized.
The man is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date to face charges of:
- possession of a dangerous weapon to the public
- possession of a firearm without a licence
- possession of a firearm contrary to a court order
- unsafe storage of a firearm
- possession of property obtained by crime
- fail to comply with conditions of a probation order
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