Two charged in pipe theft

Annapolis RCMP have laid charges against two Deep Brook men in connection with the theft of about 1.6 kilometres of pipethat was stolen on the abandoned rail line between Moose River and Cornwallis Park in early May.

Const. Dale Guysaid the two men face charges of theft over $5,000 and mischief to property. They are both scheduled to appear in Annapolis Royal Provincial Court on August 11.

After police were notified about possible criminal activity on the rail line, they stopped a truck with an excavator and later optained a warrant to search a scrap yard in Marshall town where a large quantity of pipe was found and seized.