Delta police moved quickly to contain a man seen wielding a machete, late Friday morning in North Delta.
Just before noon, officers were alerted to the incident where they were joined by Air 1 and the Lower Mainland District Police Dog Service in an effort to quickly contain and arrest the man, spotted near the watershed area off Kittson Parkway.
According to police, after a brief foot pursuit down Kittson Parkway the man was arrested. Fortunately neither the suspect nor officers were injured during the incident, and there are no reports of any public being injured.
“Four police officers were chasing the man by foot down Kittson Parkway, just before his arrest. I want to thank the motorists who assisted our police officers by stopping and waiting for this to be safely resolved. It was understandably a startling sight for them,” said DPD public affairs coordinator Cris Leykauf.
The suspect has now been taken to hospital to be evaluated, and will be facing charges.
