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Man arrested after robbery outside Halifax pharmacy

Police charge five impaired drivers overnight Thursday. File/Global News

HALIFAX – Halifax police have arrested a man following a brazen robbery outside a pharmacy this morning.

Police say a 45-year-old woman was sprayed with an irritant and robbed of the prescription drugs she had just obtained from the Guardian Pharmacy on Herring Cove Road. The thief fled on foot.

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Officers arrested a suspect nearby and seized the irritant and the stolen medication.

Police say a 47-year-old man faces a charge of robbery.

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