PIERREFONDS-ROXBORO – Two people were arrested after a major police operation near the Sunnybrooke train station in Pierrefonds-Roxboro.
Local police said they received a tip from another force about someone making threats on social media.
Cmdr. Ian Lafrenière said a young man and a woman believed to be his mother surrendered to a police tactical unit and are being questioned.
He said police searched their home to determine if there is any credibility to the threat or whether it was a hoax.
About 200 people from a dozen homes were evacuated Tuesday morning as the tense situation unfolded.
Residents told Global News they were given about 10 minutes to get their belongings and leave their homes.
“I’m very nervous. I was just talking to my son on the phone and he said make sure your stove is off, everything is off,” said Joyce Robertson, a resident.
“Make sure you have your keys and your medication and a place to go.”
The AMT was not operating trains in or out of the station and passengers were being transported by bus.
It will be several hours before residents are allowed back into their homes.
The SWAT team went house to house to make sure the perimeter is safe.
Police wouldn’t say how many officers are on the ground, but acknowledged the RCMP and Quebec provincial police were involved.
* with files from The Canadian Press.
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