Surrey RCMP say a man has been taken into custody after a firearm was found in his vehicle.
Around 5:30 p.m. on Friday (Oct. 12), police said they received a report of a man that 鈥渕ay possibly have a firearm in a vehicle.鈥� Staff Sergeant Murray Hedderson said he couldn鈥檛 specify how RCMP was alerted to the reports of a man possibly carrying a firearm in his vehicle.
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Hedderson told the Now-Leader that RCMP broadcasted the description of the vehicle and the man to all the officers working, adding the vehicle was seen being driven by a man in the Cloverdale area.
Hedderson said officers closed in on the vehicle when it was stopped at Highway 10 and 168th Street.
The driver, who is a Surrey resident, was taken into police custody, Hedderson said. He added that a firearm was found in the vehicle.
Hedderson said the incident is still under investigation.
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