Two people have been arrested in connection with a robbery in Dartmouth Thursday afternoon.
Halifax Regional Police say they responded to a report just after noon of a “sensory irritant” being sprayed in one of the open areas of the Alderney Gate Public Library.
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Officers then determined that a man had been robbed and sprayed with the sensory irritant by a group of youths.
“A bystander pulled the fire alarm at that location causing the area to be evacuated,” police said in a news release a few hours later.
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Two of the youths were arrested a short time later.
They’re scheduled to appear in court at a later date to face robbery charges.
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