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Inverness Co. man facing firearms, drug counts expected back in court

A man from Inverness Co. charged with firearms-related offences and a drug count following the search of a home is scheduled to return to court Tuesday.

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, is going through Restorative Justice on the drug charge, and is expected for a status update on that matter in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court after the matter was last in court in August.

He 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.

MacNeil is expected for a status update on his remaining firearms counts Jan. 15.

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