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Machete, knives, airsoft pistol, ski masks allegedly found on B.C. man during arrest

This is what Metro Vancouver Transit Police allegedly found in a vehicle being driven by Albert Edgar Fontaine after his arrest on Feb. 5, 2018. Metro Vancouver Transit Police

A machete. Knives. A baseball bat. A “Beretta”-style airsoft pistol, brass knuckles, two ski masks and a wig.

That was what transit police allegedly found in the possession of Albert Edgar Fontaine when they arrested him on a Canada-wide warrant on Feb. 5, according to a news release.

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Transit police officers were on a mobile patrol when they pulled over a vehicle that didn’t have active insurance in the 100-block of 132nd Street in Surrey, between two SkyTrain stations.

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The driver provided police with an alias and fraudulent identification, according to police.

Officers later determined that Fontaine was the driver, and that he was wanted on a warrant for parole revocation.

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That revocation stemmed from charges of kidnapping and use of an imitation firearm in 2016, from the Penticton-area.

Fontaine, it turned out, was also a suspended driver and was bound by conditions; he was prohibited from possessing weapons and he had a 10 p.m. curfew.

He now has three new charges against him: possession of identity documents, possession of a prohibited weapon and failing to comply with a probation order.

Fontaine was scheduled to appear in in Surrey Provincial Court on Friday.

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