The mystery could soon be solved surrounding a Toronto man allegedly involved in a cross-Canada flight from police that ended with his arrest on board a boat drifting in the Atlantic Ocean.

That is if the facts come out in provincial court in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., next month.

Police and court officials say Mohammad Yazed Saleh, 31, of Toronto was facing outstanding arrest warrants from 2023 for weapons offences in British Columbia and Alberta when he allegedly stole a truck this summer and headed for Nova Scotia.

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Not much is known about why he ended up allegedly taking a boat from the Lennox Passage Yacht Club marina in the tiny Cape Breton community of D’Escousse last month, but Saleh did suggest a motivation during an Oct. 9

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