{"id":8490,"date":"2024-08-23T16:50:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=8490"},"modified":"2024-08-23T16:50:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T19:50:54","slug":"rcmp-investigating-reports-of-laser-aimed-at-aircrafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/rcmp-investigating-reports-of-laser-aimed-at-aircrafts\/","title":{"rendered":"RCMP Investigating Reports of Laser Aimed at Aircrafts."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>West Hants RCMP is investigating multiple incidents of a green laser aimed at aircraft flying over West Hants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between August&nbsp;16&nbsp;and&nbsp;23, West Hants RCMP Detachment received four separate reports of a green laser pointed towards aircraft in the early morning hours. The laser is believed to have been coming from the Three Mile Plains and Windsor areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RCMP is reminding the public that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tc.canada.ca\/en\/aviation\/aviation-security\/use-hand-held-lasers-legally-safely\">aiming a laser at an aircraft<\/a>&nbsp;is a criminal offence. Under the Aeronautics Act, any person convicted of intentionally interfering with an aircraft, by using a laser, could face a fine up to&nbsp;$100,000&nbsp;in fines and\/or up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact West Hants RCMP Detachment at&nbsp;902-798-2207. Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll-free at&nbsp;1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\/\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3&nbsp;Tips App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : RCMP Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Hants RCMP is investigating multiple incidents of a green laser aimed at aircraft flying over West Hants. Between August&nbsp;16&nbsp;and&nbsp;23,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8491,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490\/revisions\/8491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}