Emergency alert suspect’s gun found, additional charges expected: N.S. RCMP

Nova Scotia RCMP were in Enfield on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 for reports of a "dangerous man with a firearm." (Carl Pomeroy/CTV Atlantic)

Police say a gun belonging to an emergency alert suspect has been found in Enfield, N.S.

Michael Franklin Garden Cole is facing weapons-related charges after the emergency alert was issued last Saturday.

RCMP officers responded to a report of a man with a sawed-off shotgun in the 100 block of Oldham Road around 9:45 a.m.

The man allegedly fled into the woods.

An emergency alert was issued shortly after 11:30 a.m. warning residents in the area of a “dangerous man with a firearm.”

People were told to “stay inside and close and lock doors and windows.”

The man was found in the 600 block of Highway 214 in Belnan, where he was arrested just after 1 p.m.

The alert was declared over around 1:40 p.m.

Garden Cole is facing several charges in connection with the incident.

Police later said the gun Garden Cole had with him at the time had not been found.

In an update Friday, police said a resident found a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition hidden on a logging road in the 200 block of Oldham Road on Tuesday.

An officer responded and seized the items.

Police say additional charges are now anticipated against Garden Cole.

He was remanded into custody until his next scheduled court appearance on Friday.

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