A 39-year-old Ohsweken man is facing multiple charges after allegedly confining multiple people in a Brantford hotel room.

Brantford police were called around 8:30 a.m. Saturday to the motel at Colborne Street and Clara Crescent after a report of a man holding multiple people against their will in a room, police said in a news release.

Officers arrested a man and a machete was found in the room, police said. No injuries were reported.

Seven other people were found in the room, including a 27-year-old Etobicoke man and a 31-year-old woman from Jackson’s Point, who were arrested on outstanding warrants.

The 39-year-old is charged with two counts of forcible confinement, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, intimidation using violence, two counts of utter threat to cause death

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