A Winnipeg police officer needed medical treatment after a Saturday morning incident in the 100 block of Marion Street.
Police, who were patrolling the area due to an increase in property crime, say a man was urinating in a back lane when he was stopped by police around 10:50 a.m.
The man was found in possession of a crowbar and placed under arrest.
While police were searching him, an officer was poked by a used syringe that appeared to contain blood.
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A second syringe and $90 of meth were also found, and police seized numerous pliers, cutters and screwdrivers.
The man, 35, was arrested for possessing meth and possessing break-in instruments, and released on a promise to appear.
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