Cole Harbour, N.S., youth arrested after alleged armed robbery on public bus

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

A Cole Harbour, N.S., youth is facing several charges in connection with an armed robbery on a public bus on Tuesday morning.

RCMP officers responded to the reported robbery in Cole Harbour around 8 a.m. They learned an armed youth allegedly pushed another youth onto a seat, pointed a handgun at their chest and demanded their sweater and ski mask in the Poplar Drive and Portland Street area.

“The victim complied and was able to get off the bus at the next stop,” a news release from police reads. “The victim was not physically injured.”

An officer spotted the youth suspect around North Preston Road and Beals Crescent and safely arrested them. Officers later found an imitation firearm and the victim’s hooded sweater near a Beals Crescent residence.

The youth suspect was charged with:

• robbery
• assault
• possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
• uttering threats
• three counts of possession of a firearm contrary to an order
• two counts of failure to comply with a youth sentence
• two counts of failure to comply with a release order

The youth appeared in Dartmouth Provincial Court on Tuesday and will remain in custody until their next scheduled court date.

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