Halifax Regional Police have charged a man with firearms offences after the search of a vehicle in Halifax last week.

On January 5 at approximately 2 p.m., members of the Drugs and Guns Unit of the Integrated Criminal Investigations Division along with members of the Emergency Response Team, stopped a vehicle on Harlington Crescent and arrested the driver in relation to an ongoing investigation. 

Investigators seized a loaded firearm and ammunition from the vehicle. 

Thomas Joseph Smith, 33, is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court today to face charges of:

• Possession of a firearm or prohibited or restricted weapon obtained by crime
• Possession firearm in vehicle
• Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
• Unauthorized possession of firearm
• Storing a firearm or restricted weapon contrary to regulations
• Unsafe storage of firearm
• Operation of a conveyance while prohibited         
• Failure to comply with conditions of a release order (x3)
• Possession of a firearm contrary to a court order

-via HRP