Montreal Police arrest robbery suspect in St-Leonard
Posted September 22, 2021 9:29 pm.
MONTREAL (CityNews) – A Montreal Police operation in St-Leonard ended with the arrest of a 20-year-old man on Wednesday.
SPVM say he was wanted in connection to a violent theft on Monday in Pointe-aux-Trembles.
Officers had been monitoring the man and saw him enter an apartment on du Bon-Conseil, near de l’Aunis, around 1 p.m.
They tried to get the suspect to give himself up to police, but he refused to cooperate.
A perimeter was set up and the tactical squad called in. Ten residences were evacuated.
The suspect eventually surrendered around 5 p.m. and was taken into custody. He’ll be met by investigators in the coming hours.
No one was injured.
