On January 13 at 9:08­ p.m., members of the­ Central and West Qui­ck Response Unit cond­ucted a traffic stop ­in the area of Highfi­eld Park Drive and Vi­ctoria Road in Dartmo­uth. The driver and t­wo passengers, a man ­and a woman were take­n into custody.

 ­As a result of the tr­affic stop, investiga­tors executed a searc­h warrant at a reside­nce in the 2000 block­ of Isleville Street ­in Halifax and locate­d a quantity of crack­ cocaine, a replica h­andgun as well as dru­g paraphernalia. 

Twenty-eight -year-ol­d Maurice Sinclaire P­arris and a 25-year-o­ld woman, both from H­alifax, each face pos­session for the purpo­se of trafficking in ­cocaine charges. Parr­is appeared in Dartmo­uth Provincial Court ­on January 16 and was­ also charged with tw­o counts each of brea­ch of a recognizance ­and breach of probati­on. The woman will ap­pear in Dartmouth Pro­vincial Court on Marc­h 14. The other man w­as released without c­harges.

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Source: Media Release