Man arrested after waving handgun in Inverness Co. business

RCMP arrested a man for firearms offences after executing a search warrant at a home in Pictou Co.

On January 10th, the Inverness Co. District RCMP began an investigation after a video was posted to social media of a man, in a business, waving a handgun around in a reckless manner and allegedly having an over capacity magazine.

It was determined that this incident occurred on Whycocomagh Mountain Rd. in Whycocomagh.

Police say on January 26th, as part of the investigation, officers executed a search warrant at a home on High St. in Pictou.

During the search, police located and seized five restricted firearms including rifles and handguns, one unrestricted firearm, prohibited magazines, ammunition, body armour, a duty belt with attached holster and magazine pouches and cellular phones.

At the request of police, the suspect, a 35-year-old Pictou man, attended the Pictou RCMP Detachment prior to the search warrant execution and was arrested without incident.

He was later released on conditions, which include that he not possess any firearms, weapons, ammunition or explosive substances.

The man will be facing charges of careless use of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a prohibited device, possession of a prohibited device knowing it’s possession is unauthorized, possession of a firearm at an unauthorized place.

He will appear in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on May 30th.