Barricaded suspect prompts large police response along Nanaimo waterfront

Barricaded suspect prompts large police response along Nanaimo waterfront

What began as an attempted theft at a Nanaimo grocery store Sunday afternoon ended hours later with a man in police custody after he barricaded himself inside a vessel on the waterfront.

Nanaimo RCMP arrest man after tugboat standoff near downtown

A man is in custody after a series of incidents that began with an alleged theft at a downtown grocery store and ended with a police standoff aboard a privately owned vessel along the Nanaimo waterfront. Nanaimo RCMP say the incident started around 2:45 p.m. on Feb. 1 at Thrifty Foods in Port Place Mall. Store staff reported a man attempted to leave with unpaid merchandise and allegedly threatened a loss prevention officer when confronted. A sho…

‘Very volatile situation:’ barricaded man on Nanaimo boat arrested

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