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Man arrested after weapon sightings in North Sydney

A 25-year-old man from Sydney Mines was arrested by Cape Breton Regional Police Monday after several sightings of a person carrying a weapon in North Sydney.

Sydney Mines man, 25, arrested at the North Sydney Mall on Monday, charges pending

Cape Breton Regional Police officers at the North Sydney Mall, near where the suspect was arrested on Monday. (Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith/CBC)

A 25-year-old man from Sydney Mines was arrested by Cape Breton Regional Police Monday after several sightings of a person carrying a weapon in North Sydney.

Police said a suspectwas seen outside the Superstore on King Street, then running to the nearby Petro Canada and then across the street at the North Sydney Mall, where he was arrested shortly after noon.

Witnesses said police had their guns drawn when they demanded the man drop his weapon near a hallway that leads to a back exit.

Police arrested the suspect and seized aweapon, which they determined was an airsoft replica rifle.

No one was injured.

Police said charges are pending.

Cape Breton Regional Police arrested a 25-year-old man at the North Sydney Mall. (Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith/CBC)