New Brunswick Man Charged With Serious Offences After Traffic Stop.
RCMP Southeast Traffic Services has charged a man with multiple firearms offences after a traffic stop in Enfield.
On August 29, at approximately 7:21 p.m., an RCMP Southeast Traffic Services officer observed an Audi A5 travelling southbound on Hwy. 102 with a tinted front passenger window, which is illegal in Nova Scotia under the Motor Vehicle Act.
The RCMP officer initiated a traffic stop, smelled marijuana and conducted a search of the vehicle and the driver. The search resulted in the seizure of cannabis, a loaded 9mm handgun and a quantity of cash.
Robert Victor Fraser, 32, of Saint John, New Brunswick, was arrested and has been charged with:
- Unauthorized Possession of Firearm (two counts)
- Occupant of a Motor Vehicle in which there is a Firearm, Prohibited Weapon, a Restricted Weapon
- Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
- Possess a Firearm Knowing that the Serial Number on it has been Altered
- Possess Firearm while Prohibited (two counts)
- Possession of Firearm knowing Possession is Unauthorized (two counts)
- Possession of a Weapon or Device Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized (two counts)
- Weapons Trafficking
- Laundering Proceeds of Crime
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime over $5000
Fraser appeared in Dartmouth Provincial Court on September 2. He remains in custody and is due to appear in court again on September 23.
Source: RCMP Release
