Man charged with assault linked to intimate partner violence in Lower Sackville: N.S. RCMP

A sign for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is pictured on June 23, 2025. (CTV Atlantic / Avery MacRae)

The RCMP says a Lower Sackville, N.S., man has been charged with assault, as well as drug and weapons offences, after officers executed a search warrant in the community.

Police responded to a report that a woman had been assaulted by a man known to her on May 20 around 11:40 p.m.

The following day, police say the man reported that he had been assaulted by the woman.

“As the investigation progressed, officers determined that the reports were a result of intimate partner violence, with the man identified as the dominant aggressor,” read a news release from RCMP.

Police say they arrested the man on Wednesday.

General duty officers then executed a search warrant at the man’s home on Bruce Drive. During the search, officers say they seized a loaded handgun, a quantity of drugs and cash.

Dhari Salman Shalaan, 34, of Lower Sackville, has been charged with:

• assault by choking
• possession for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine)
• possession for the purpose of trafficking (methamphetamine)
• possession for the purpose of trafficking (oxycodone)
• unauthorized possession of a firearm
• possession of unauthorized firearm
• unauthorized possession of a firearm in motor vehicle
• possession of a restricted firearm
• careless use or storage of a firearm
• possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
• possession of a weapon contrary to order
• possession of property obtained by crime

Shalaan is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court on Friday.

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