Death Deemed Accidental

RCMP have determined the death of a 58 year old Lunenburg County man was accidental. The Mounties responded yesterday to a missing persons complaint in the Cherry Hill area. Neighbours reported that a 58 year old male had not been seen for approximately ten days. An extensive search by the RCMP of the adjacent woods near the subjects home located the body of the missing person pinned under his farm tractor.

Crack Cocaine Seizure

A Martin's River couple is facing drug trafficking charges after a quantity of crack cocaine was seized during a traffic stop. Fifty-one year old Judy Ann Demont and 45 year old Stephen Patrick Smith, have been charged with trafficking crack cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking crack cocaine . As a result of a lengthy drug trafficking investigation the South Shore Integrated Street Crime Unit with the assistance of the Lower Sackville RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit and the Lunenburg County RCMP arrested the couple during a traffic stop in the East River area of Highway 103 . Demont and Smith will be appearing in Bridgewater Provincial Court on November 18th, 2009 to answer to the charges.