RCMP respond to Yarmouth school following concerns of suspicious activity

A call was received at the Yarmouth Town Detachment of suspicious activity at the Yarmouth Junior High School early this afternoon.

The information provided was that a grade 10 student from the high school was in the Junior High School attending classes and had with him what was described as a “possible hand gun.”

Plain clothes officers of the RCMP Yarmouth Town Detachment were sent into the school to investigate.

Once the student in question was located in a classroom in

the junior high the RCMP members arrested this youth without incident.

The RCMP located a plastic “pellet gun“ on this youth and seized it. During this incident the police ordered a lock down of the Yarmouth high school, for the safety of the community, until senior officers on the scene were satisfied that the situation was under control.

A 17-year-old youth was questioned and has been released.

Investigation into this incident is continuing by the General

Investigation Section at the Yarmouth Town Detachment .