A suspect was arrested Saturday morning in North Vancouver’s Lonsdale neighbourhood, after a reported break-and-enter at a number of buildings.
According to police, the suspect was confronted by a security guard, when he brandished a weapon.
Around 6 a.m. police arrived at a building on 15 Street West, to find the suspect on the roof, Sgt. Anne Maria Lavallee said.
Due to the weapon, B.C.’s emergency response team was activated to make the arrest.
As police arrived at the scene, Lavallee said the suspect barricaded himself on the roof for hours. The emergency response team was able to arrest the suspect, but not before using flash bangs. The team was seen using, a K9 unit, a drone and a robot during the arrest. It is unclear if anyone was injured.
- Suspect linked to University of Ottawa lockdown found with replica firearm: police
- Appeal dismissed in impaired driving case involving THC, death of 9-year-old
- Stawnichy’s offers 100 sausage rings in exchange for Mundare thieves’ capture
- University of Ottawa lockdown lifted, police say ‘no injuries to report’
Get daily National news
Global News has reached out to North Vancouver RCMP for more information.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.