Search warrant execution leads to recovery of motorcycles and seizure of firearms by Antigonish/Guysborough Street Crime Enforcement Unit
The Antigonish/Guysborough Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) seized drugs and firearms and recovered two motorcycles during the execution of two search warrants near Antigonish.
On June 11, officers attended residences on Summerside Rd. in Heatherton and Williams Point Rd. in Antigonish as part of an ongoing investigation. The Antigonish/Guysborough SCEU led the search warrant executions, with support from Nova Scotia RCMP Emergency Response Team, Antigonish District RCMP general duty officers, RCMP Police Dog Services, and SCEUs from Colchester, Inverness-Richmond, and Pictou County.
During the searches, officers arrested two people and seized drugs (cocaine and methamphetamine), firearms, and two motorcycles from one of the residences. At the other residence, officers seized prohibited weapons and a quantity of cash.
Raymond James “RJ” Kerwin is charged with a total of 25 offences, including Possession for the Purposes of Trafficking (cocaine), Possession for the Purposes of Trafficking (methamphetamine) and multiple firearms offences. He had a first court appearance on June 12 at Antigonish Provincial Court and remains in custody pending a next court appearance scheduled for June 19.
The other person arrested was released by police on conditions pending a future court appearance scheduled for August 26 at Antigonish Provincial Court.
The VINs on the motorcycles appeared altered and the ignitions have been tampered with. An auto theft investigator is engaged to support this aspect of the investigation. Officers are looking forward to returning these vehicles, a Harley Davidson and a Yamaha, to their proper owners.
The investigation is ongoing.
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