2021-05-26
Liverpool man faces several drugs and weapons charges
by KEVIN MCBAINLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Queens District RCMP has charged a Liverpool man following an investigation into methamphetamine trafficking in Queens County.
The investigation was conducted in partnership with the South Shore Integrated Crime Enforcement Unit.
According to a news release issued by the RCMP on May 20, on May 14 at around 10 a.m. police executed a search warrant at a home in Liverpool in relation to the investigation and arrested a 28-year-old man at the scene without incident.
Police searched the home and seized a substantial quantity of methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis, cash, an airsoft pistol, a conducted energy weapon, bear spray, drug paraphernalia, a cellphone and what is believed to be a stolen ATV.
The release states that William Robert Stagg of Liverpool was charged with the following: two counts of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Unauthorized Cultivation, Propagation or Harvesting of Cannabis Plants, Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime under $5,000.
Stagg has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Bridgewater Provincial Court on July 14, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.
The investigation is ongoing.
The South Shore Integrated Crime Enforcement Unit consists of members of the Lunenburg RCMP and the Bridgewater Police Service.
