Suspect with loaded sawed-off shotgun in his backpack arrested in Nanaimo

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Police arrest Nanaimo man with loaded sawed-off shotgun in backpack

Nanaimo RCMP says a man with several axes, knives and a sawed-off shotgun was arrested on Tuesday morning. Mounties say they were called to the parking lot of the 7-Eleven on Fifth Street for a report of people loitering in the area around 10:30 a.m. When officers arrived, they saw three men sitting in the parking lot, one of whom was known to police. That man is currently on a court-ordered condition not to possess “break-in tools” of any kind.…