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Police have charged two men and a woman after a search of a residence in Bedford last night.
At approximately 8:45 p.m., members of the Quick Response Unit and the Emergency Response Team conducted a traffic stop on the Bedford Highway in relation to an ongoing investigation. Officers arrested a man inside the vehicle without incident.
A short time later, Quick Response Unit members, along with investigators in the Liquor Enforcement Section and the Emergency Response team conducted a search of a residence on Stockton Ridge in Bedford. Investigators arrested a man and a woman inside the residence without incident and seized quantities of cocaine, hash, cannabis, prescription opioids, ammunition, Canadian currency, a prohibited weapon and two loaded firearms.
A Darren Hersh Blumenthal, 54, Rebecca Faye Blumenthal, 49, and Dylan Benjamin Blumenthal, 26, are scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court Monday to face the following charges:
• Careless use of a firearm (x2)
• Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose (x3)
• Unauthorized Possession of a firearm (x2)
• Possession of an unauthorized firearm (x2)
• Unsafe storage contrary to regulations (x2)
• Unauthorized Possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized (x2)
• Possession of a weapon knowing it unauthorized (x2)
• Possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition (x2)
• Possession of a prohibited device (x2)
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking dilaudid
• Possession for the purpose of distribution
• Possession for the purpose of selling
• Possession, production, use of illicit cannabis
