Man charged after police seize firearms and drugs

A 29-year-old appeared in Sydney Provincial Court Friday after police seized firearms and drugs in Donkin.

The Cape Breton Regional Police street crime unit made a vehicle stop on Centre Avenue at 5:00 p.m. on February 2nd.

Police say they located a firearm and a large amount of cash.

The man was arrested and officers executed search warrants at two nearby properties, seizing two more firearms, ammunition and hundreds of hydromorphone pills.

Chad Joseph Baker is charged with 13 Firearm prohibitions, possession for the purpose of trafficking hydromorphone and possession of property obtained by crime.