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Viewer video of the incident in Lake Cowichan sent in by Harvey Chow.
A man has been taken into custody following an incident requiring a large police presence in Lake Cowichan Saturday night.
The RCMP responded to the 200-block of South Shore Road at 10:23 p.m., extra officers allocated to the Sunfest Country Music Festival were also called into the area.
Police were able to locate the suspect shortly after at 10:50 p.m.
“He was taken into custody without incident,” said Cpl. Rory Goncalves of the Lake Cowichan RCMP.
“The investigation is ongoing and there is no danger to the public.”
A witness reported that six-vehicles had responded and some officers had their firearms in hand.
Julian Kolsut
