HRP release:

On April 20 at approximately 11:45 p.m., officers were assisting Halifax Transit to remove an intoxicated man from a bus that had stopped at the transit terminal in the 800 block of Portland Street in Dartmouth. Officers removed the man from the bus without incident and seized a loaded firearm and body armour from the man.

A 24-year-old man is man is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date to face charges of:

• Possession of a dangerous weapon to the public
• Possession of a firearm without a license
• Possession of a firearm contrary to a court order
• Unsafe storage of a firearm
• Possession of property obtained by crime
• Fail to comply with conditions of a probation order