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Vernon RCMP arrest break and enter suspect trying to hide at local soup kitchen

When police arrived, a suspect ran away from officers who tracked him down near the Upper Room Mission. File Photo / Global News

Police have a 34-year-old Calgary man in custody after two break and enters on the same block in Vernon on Wednesday morning.

RCMP said they received the break and enter reports just after 6:00 a.m., but when police arrived, a suspect ran away from officers who tracked him down near the Upper Room Mission.

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Police said the man jumped over a fence at the back of the mission and went into the soup kitchen’s back door and tried to hide in the building.

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RCMP arrested the suspect with the help of a police dog.

The suspect could face charges.

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