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Case of Inverness Co. man facing firearms, drug counts adjourned

A man from Inverness Co. charged with firearms-related offences and a drug count following the search of a home has had his case adjourned.

Police say officers and members of the Inverness/Richmond RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit seized marijuana, five rifles and ammo when they searched a St. Rose home in Oct. 2017.

Joshua MacNeil, 39, originally faced multiple firearms-related charges and one count of possession of marijuana.

MacNeil, whose case opened in December, had two firearms charges- unsafe storage of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a firearm- referred to Restorative Justice during an election-and-plea hearing in July; the Crown withdrew his remaining firearms counts.

He had a status update on his two firearms counts in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court Tuesday; he’s expected for another one Jan. 15.

MacNeil was also sent to Restorative Justice on the drug charge, and is scheduled for a status update on that matter Nov. 20.

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