N.S. RCMP charges three men, seizes stolen alcohol after traffic stop

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

Nova Scotia RCMP said three men are facing charges after a traffic stop on Highway 102.

Police said officers patrolling in Goffs, N.S., observed a Hyundai Elantra travelling south and queried the licence plate, which showed the registered owner was suspended from driving around 2:45 p.m. on Monday.

“The officer stopped the vehicle and observed a package of unstamped tobacco inside. The driver was arrested, then referenced involvement in an alcohol theft earlier that day from a store in the 900 block of the Bedford Hwy. The officer subsequently arrested the two passengers in the vehicle,” read a news release from RCMP.

Police said a search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of eleven 1.75‑litre bottles of alcohol and grocery items believed to be stolen from a store in the 200 block of Highway 214 in Elmsdale.

The driver, a 58-year-old man from Halifax, and the two passengers, a 43-year-old man from the Halifax area and a 36-year-old man from Halifax, are being charged for theft and possession of stolen property.

Both passengers are also facing an additional charge of failing to comply with probation order.

All three were released and will appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date.

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