Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The RCMP’s Southwest Nova Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) has charged two people with drug and firearms offences after a search warrant was executed at a home in Beaconsfield.
On May 1, officers with the Southwest Nova SCEU, with the assistance of the Annapolis District RCMP, executed a search warrant at a home on Beaconsfield Rd. in relation to an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.
At the residence, officers safely arrested two men before seizing quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, psilocybin, assorted pills, and drug paraphernalia. Two long guns, ammunition, brass knuckles and cash were also seized.
Troy David Alder, 53, from Beaconsfield, has been charged with:
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (two counts)
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Unsafe Storage of a Firearm
- Proceeds of Crime Over $5,000
Ryan Andrew Laviolette, 36, from Beaconsfield, has been charged with:
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (two counts)
- Unsafe Storage of a Firearm (two counts)
- Proceeds of Crime Over $5,000
- Failure to Comply with Release Order (five counts)
Both Alder and Laviolette appeared in Digby Provincial Court on May 2. Laviolette remains in custody and is due back in court on May 21. Alder has been released on conditions and is due back in court on June 9.