HALIFAX—A judge has thrown out drugs and weapons evidence in a case against a Halifax woman, saying police breached her rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Tavia Patrice Connolly was arrested on May 18, 2015, in the parking lot of her Kearney Lake Road apartment for possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

A subsequent police search of her car turned up small quantities of marijuana and ecstasy and weight scales, while a search of her apartment found large amounts of drugs including crack cocaine, hashish and heroin, along with four handguns and ammunition.

In a decision released today, Justice Kevin Coady says he is unwilling to admit evidence from the apartment because police, who entered without a warrant, were acting on speculation and violated Connolly’s charter rights in doing so.

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge says police also violated Connolly’s constitutional right to counsel by not providing her with the opportunity to contact her lawyer for 15-and-a-half hours after her arrest.

Coady found that although police were within their rights to search Connolly’s car, the evidence found there is inadmissable because of the two “serious breaches” of her charter rights.

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