A Halifax Regional Police tactical unit arrested two people Monday night at a home on Young Street as part of an RCMP investigation involving four handguns that were stolen from a home the previous evening.

A team of Halifax police officers wearing bulletproof vests, helmets and carrying automatic rifles were at the scene and there were at least seven police vehicles present, many of which are unmarked.

A male and female were arrested.

The guns were stolen on Sunday in Hantsport, about an hour's drive northwest of Halifax. A man was napping and the guns were stolen from a locked metal box in his home. When the resident woke up, he decided to check on his firearms and then realized they were gone.

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