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‘Armed and dangerous’ man taken into custody by Lac La Biche RCMP
RCMP said 39-year-old Peter Hamelin has been taken into custody. Charges are pending. (Supplied)
Lac La Biche RCMP took a man they believed to be armed and dangerous into custody Sunday morning.
The RCMP issued an update shortly after 9 a.m. saying that early Sunday, they received information that Peter Hamelin was departing an address in Beaver Lake in a red Ford Ranger.
They said officers who were in the area on an unrelated issue were able to locate Hamelin, and deploy a tire deflation device.
Hamelin was taken into custody without incident.
Saturday afternoon, a release was issued asking the public to be on the lookout for Hamelin, who was believed to be driving a stolen truck in the Lac La Biche area.
At 3 p.m., they said they’d recovered the truck but couldn’t locate Hamelin, who they said they believed to be “armed and dangerous.”
Hamelin will be held for a bail hearing for a number of outstanding warrants and new charges.
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