The Colchester County District RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit has charged a man, and seized drugs and cash following a traffic stop in Millbrook.
On May 16 at approximately 6:30 p.m., as part of an ongoing investigation, officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 102 in Millbrook.
The driver of the vehicle, a 40-year-old Bible Hill man, was arrested safely.
At the scene, RCMP officers located a quantity of cocaine, methamphetamine and approximately $8,000 cash in the vehicle.
Robert Joseph Isaac Chestnut has been charged with two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance for Purpose of Trafficking and one count of Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.
He was also issued a summary offence ticket for driving a motor vehicle while having a revoked license.
Chestnut was released on conditions and will appear in Truro Provincial Court on July 26, at 9:30 a.m.
The investigation is ongoing.
Yesterday, Central Nova MP Sean Fraser, announced an investment of $1.5 million through the Canada Coal Transition Initiative – Infrastructure Fund (CCTI) to Summer Street Industries to construct a three-bay greenhouse in New Glasgow.
The Province of Nova Scotia is also contributing $1.4 Million to the project.
The all-season greenhouse will enable Summer Street to grow produce for its food service businesses, sell food locally, and contribute to local food banks – improving food security in the area.
Summer Street participants will be the main workers, learning hands-on life and employment skills.
The greenhouse will be fully accessible to people of all mobility levels and engineered to be environmentally sustainable and reduce carbon emissions.
Local small and medium-sized businesses will also be able to lease space to grow food, scale up and reach their market potential.
Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, made the announcement that with the World Health Organization saying COVID-19 no longer requires a global emergency-type response, Nova Scotia is changing its approach to managing the virus.
COVID-19 will be treated similar to other respiratory illnesses like influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
The change means the COVID-related Health Protection Act Order is no longer necessary, and public health’s COVID-19 reporting will also change.
Effective yesterday, Nova Scotia has lifted the Health Protection Act Order, the mandatory vaccination protocol for high-risk settings and the directive around COVID-19 management in long-term care facilities.
On Thursday, May 25, the weekly COVID-19 dashboard will be updated for the last time.
Nova Scotia will continue to report the data in the monthly COVID-19 report.
Starting in October, COVID-19 data will be reported with other respiratory illnesses in Respiratory Watch, a document produced by public health.
It will initially be published monthly and then more frequently during respiratory season.
