Traffic stop leads to seizure of over a million unstamped cigarettes by Traffic Services
Continued investigation has led to another search and seizure of more than a million unstamped cigarettes by Traffic Services officers.
On March 15, RCMP Northwest Traffic Services, working with Northeast Traffic Services, conducted a traffic stop on Hwy. 104 near Amherst. Officers executed a search warrant on the vehicle, a Mercedes van with Ontario licence plates. In the search, investigators seized 163 cases of illegal tobacco totalling approximately 1.63 million cigarettes.
The driver, a 69-year-old woman from Lower Sackville, was safely arrested. She will face charges under the Criminal Code, the Excise Act, and the Nova Scotia Revenue Act related to possession of unstamped tobacco. She was released by police on conditions pending a future court appearance scheduled for June.
This traffic stop follows a previous seizure of 160 cases of illegal tobacco from a vehicle that occurred on March 7. More information here.
The Nova Scotia Alcohol, Gaming, Fuel and Tobacco Division continues to assist these investigations. The Nova Scotia RCMP is also working with Ontario Provincial Police Police-led Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Team as both of the recent traffic stops involved vehicles with plates from Ontario.
-East Hants District RCMP and Halifax Regional Police traffic stop leads to drugs seized and three people charged
The East Hants District RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) seized quantities of illicit drugs and charged two women and a man after a proactive traffic stop.
On March 17, the East Hants District RCMP SCEU, in partnership with the Halifax Regional Police Quick Response Unit, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Hwy. 102 in Lantz as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.
Officers safely arrested the three occupants of the vehicle and seized a quantity of cocaine, prescription pills, cash, scales, baggies, hidden compartments, and other drug paraphernalia.
“This arrest is a clear example of proactive enforcement, supported by criminal intelligence and strong partnerships with other police agencies,” says Cpl. Evan Collier, East Hants District RCMP.
Amanda Marie Dalrymple, 30, of Fall River, Dylan Mombourquette, 32, of Shubenacadie, and Tanya Tattrie, 58, of Elmsdale are each charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (two counts) and Possession for of Property Obtained by Crime.
Mombourquette is facing additional charges of Breach of Conditions (two counts).
Dalrymple and Mombourquette appeared in Truro Provincial Court on March 18. Tattrie was released by police pending a future court appearance.
