DISTURBANCE LEADS TO ARRESTS

The Brandon Police Service arrested two suspects after a disturbance in the Westaway Bay area early Friday morning.

BPS received reports that individuals were banging on doors and looking through the window of a residence at around 1:20 a.m.

A resident reported that one of the suspects was “holding something suspicious,” BPS said in a news release Friday.

Officers arrived in the area and detained a 20-year-old man for investigation. During a safety pat-down, they found a replica pellet gun in the pocket of his hoodie, police said.

When police told the man he was under arrest, he ran away. He was arrested after a short chase.

The man was charged with two counts of breaching his release order for not abiding by his curfew and possessing a weapon, the releas

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