An outpouring of community support has kept Sheree Halliday and her family going since learning Dec. 21 that her husband Philip was arrested off the coast of Spain in connection with a cocaine seizure. Halliday was among crewmembers of the Destiny Empress, a former Canadian Coast Guard ship that police say was carrying 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from Trinidad to Spain. The estimated value of the drugs was more than $600 million. Three weeks passed before Sheree Halliday was able to speak with her husband who was admitted to a hospital after the arrest due to gallstones. He has since been transported to a prison, about 609 kilometres northwest of Madrid. [continues 563 words]
Wife Of Digby Man Arrested In Cocaine Bust Vows He's Innocent Sheree Halliday wakes up each morning optimistic she will hear something about her husband Philip, who was arrested Dec. 21 off the coast of Spain in a major cocaine bust. In an interview last week, Halliday explained how her husband wound up aboard the vessel 'Destiny Empress', which was stopped while transporting a reported 1.5 tonnes of cocaine from Spain to Britain. British police estimate the street value at over $600 million. [continues 637 words]
They won't be dressed like the men in black but rather in plain clothing to remain unidentified by the public. A new Street Crime Enforcement Unit will be created on the South Shore and the Queens RCMP will gain one new officer to be a part of this unit. In December 2006 the Provincial Government announced it would provide funding for 250 new police officers to be placed throughout the 55 municipalities in Nova Scotia. Staff Sergeant Bruno Deveau with the Queens RCMP says their new officer will work out of the Bridgewater Police Department along with the two officers being added to the Lunenburg RCMP and the Bridgewater PD. [continues 95 words]
