RCMP arrest a man after issuing an urgent advisory to residents in Carbonear to stay inside

    Thursday, 20 July 2023 10:08

    By Tonya Organ

    Police set up a safety perimeter in the O'Driscoll Lane area and withing minutes the man was arrested.

    RCMP have arrested a man wanted in connection with a gun incident in Carbonear. The man was alledgedly carrying a gun and drove in the Valley Road area and to a home on O’Driscoll’s Lane. Police set up a safety perimeter and the man was arrested within minutes. RCMP sent out an urgent advisory asking residents to avoid the area and stay inside with the doors locked.

     

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