A suspect was due in court today to face multiple charges following a disturbance at a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Dartmouth.
Halifax regional police say they were called to the Atlantic Compassion Club Society yesterday afternoon when a man became belligerent after he was refused service for not having proper identification and then drove off erratically in a stolen motor vehicle.
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They say he returned a short time later and flashed a firearm — which turned out to a replica BB gun — at another customer in an attempt to get that customer to buy cannabis for him before he drove off again in the stolen car.
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Police say they later located the vehicle and arrested the suspect after he tried to flee on foot.