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    RCMP find a loaded shot gun inside a vehicle at a checkpoint in Holyrood

    Tuesday, 29 August 2023 16:00

    By Tonya Organ

    The two occupants, a 44-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man, were arrested and later released from custody. 

    Two people are still under investigation after Holyrood RCMP seized a loaded firearm from inside a vehicle on  Saturday, August 26, 2023. At approximately 1:00 a.m. RCMP officers conducted a traffic checkpoint on Route 60 in Holyrood.  A loaded 12-guage shotgun was seized from inside a vehicle that entered the checkpoint and the two occupants, a 44-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man, were arrested. The two were later released from custody.  The investigation is ongoing with multiple firearms charges anticipated.

     

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