A Vehicle Stop in Havre Boucher and a Search Warrant in Port Hawkesbury: A 38-Year-Old Man Is Charged With Possession of Cocaine and of Fentanyl for the Purpose of Trafficking, and a 63-Year-Old Woman Will Face Drug Trafficking Charges (November 9, 2026)

Officers with the Inverness-Richmond Street Crime Enforcement Unit stopped a vehicle travelling in Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia, on November 5 and arrested the driver, a man, and a passenger, according to a release reported by 989XFM and Waterfront Media HFX. Officers searched the vehicle and its occupants and seized cocaine, crack cocaine and suspected fentanyl, and investigators later executed a search warrant at the man’s residence in Port Hawkesbury, where they seized suspected cocaine, suspected fentanyl and handgun magazines. The man, 38, of Port Hawkesbury, faces four counts and is due in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on November 17; a 63-year-old woman from Mackdale will face drug trafficking charges and has been released on conditions.

Legal status: Charged (the 38-year-old man); charges to follow for a 63-year-old woman. The man is due in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on November 17. The allegations have not been tested in court, and both people are presumed innocent.

The Vehicle Stop

On November 5, officers with the Inverness-Richmond Street Crime Enforcement Unit stopped a vehicle travelling in Havre Boucher and arrested the driver, a man, and a passenger, 989XFM reports. After the arrests, officers searched the vehicle and its occupants and seized cocaine, crack cocaine and suspected fentanyl, according to the outlet. Waterfront Media HFX, which published the release under an “RCMP Release” label, says the unit had help from the Antigonish Street Crime Enforcement Unit and RCMP Police Dog Services. CTV News Atlantic, which published its own report on November 9, names the Nova Scotia RCMP as the force and gives the man’s age as 38 and his home town as Port Hawkesbury.

The Search in Port Hawkesbury

Investigators later executed a search warrant at the man’s residence in Port Hawkesbury and a vehicle on the property, according to Waterfront Media HFX, and seized suspected cocaine, suspected fentanyl and handgun magazines. 989XFM describes the same seizures from the residence.

The Charges

The man, 38, of Port Hawkesbury, is charged, as the outlets word the counts, with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (cocaine), Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (fentanyl), and two counts of Possession of a Prohibited Device. Waterfront Media HFX reports he was released on conditions. He is scheduled to appear in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on November 17.

A 63-year-old woman from Mackdale will face drug trafficking charges, the outlets report, and was released on conditions, with her court date to be set later.

Both people are presumed innocent, and none of the charges has been tested in court. The allegations are those of the Inverness-Richmond Street Crime Enforcement Unit, as reported by 989XFM, Waterfront Media HFX and CTV News Atlantic. No gang or criminal organization has been named in connection with this case.