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Antigonish men convicted in drug bust have sentencing hearing adjourned

Two men found guilty following a drug bust in Antigonish are scheduled to return to court in June.

Police say members of the Antigonish/Guysborough RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit searched a home on Hawthorne St. in Nov. 2017.

They say officers seized a large amount of cocaine, marijuana and cash.

Two Antigonish men were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Michael Charles Benoit, 50, and Coty Weston Leblanc, 24, made their first court appearances in the case in Jan. 2018; they were committed to stand trial by judge alone in Nova Scotia Supreme Court following preliminary inquiries in Antigonish Provincial Court in April 2018.

Their trial opened in September, continued in October, and finished in January; the judge in the case delivered a guilty verdict in February.

Benoit and Leblanc were expected to return to court to Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Antigonish for sentencing Thursday; instead, the hearing was adjourned until June 26.

  • Kelly MacMillan lives in Port Hawkesbury with her husband and son. She has been part of the team at 101.5 The Hawk for more than 25 years, sharing stories from around the region. You can join her weekdays from 10am until 2pm.

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