Parole Violation and Canada Wide Warrant Get Two Men Arrested While Trying to Void Checkpoint.

West Hants District RCMP Detachment has arrested two men for parole violations after they attempted to avoid a checkpoint in Bishopville.

On December 7, at approximately 6:00 p.m., RCMP officers were conducting traffic enforcement at a checkpoint on Bishopville Rd. when they observed an approaching vehicle turn around and drive away. A traffic stop was completed on the vehicle, a GMC Sierra.

The driver, a 39-year-old man from Alberta, was found to be in violation of his parole conditions.

The passenger, a 28-year-old Prince Edward Island man, initially gave a false name. Officers quickly determined the man’s identity and confirmed he was wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant for being illegally at large.

Both men were arrested and remanded into the custody of the Correctional Service of Canada.

Source: RCMP Release