OPP arrest wanted man at Manitoulin motel
An undated photo of two Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police vehicles parked. (File photo/Ontario Provincial Police/X)
A 63-year-old Elliot Lake man faces multiple charges after Ontario Provincial Police arrested him at a Manitoulin Island motel.
On May 21, the Manitoulin OPP detachment responded to a disturbance involving a tenant and an employee at a Mindemoya motel.
'Police learned that the tenant was wanted on numerous warrants and there was information he was in possession of a gun,' OPP said in a release Friday.
With assistance from various specialty units, including the canine unit and emergency response team, officers arrested the man without incident on May 22.
He faces new charges for unauthorized possession of a weapon, failing to comply with a probation order, and two counts of failing to comply with an undertaking.
Additionally, outstanding warrants from East Algoma OPP included three counts of failing to attend court and one count of failing to comply with an undertaking and a separate warrant from Manitoulin OPP alleged two counts of operation while prohibited.
The accused was held pending a bail hearing on May 23.
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