PORT HAWKESBURY: Three men are facing drug charges after police searched a home in Inverness County last week.
On April 20, members of the Inverness/Richmond County Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) searched a home near Port Hawkesbury. Three men were arrested by police for drug related offences. Joshua Nicholson, 31, Steven MacEachern, 24, and Brendan MacAskill, 26, all of Sugar Camp, were arrested on scene. All three men have each been charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, and one count of possession of equipment to assist in the trafficking of cocaine.
During the search, police seized a significant quantity of cocaine, marijuana, hashish, scales, cocaine presses, packaging, packaging equipment, cash, and other drug paraphernalia. Nicholson, MacEachern, and MacAskill have all been held in custody and will appear in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on April 23.
The investigation is ongoing.