Police within the Canadian province of Alberta arrested 11 individuals with a ‘cache of firearms’ on the US-Canada border on Monday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police mentioned the group was discovered with 13 lengthy weapons, handguns and a big amount of ammunition.
These arrested reportedly had ‘a willingness to make use of pressure towards police if any makes an attempt had been made to disrupt the blockade,’ the police mentioned in a press release.
The arrests come as a significant US-Canada border crossing reopened Sunday night time, ending a six-day-long blockade by truckers that disrupted visitors and price thousands and thousands of dollars.
The ‘Freedom Convoy’ demonstrations have disrupted downtown Ottawa for the previous three weeks, with 1000's gathering in protest towards the obligatory vaccination of truck drivers crossing the US-Canada border.
Whereas the protests started because of a vaccine mandate, they've was a rally name towards pandemic restrictions basically and the management of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Protestors continued to assemble over the weekend regardless of snow and freezing 10 diploma Fahrenheit temperatures in an space of downtown Ottawa barricaded by tractor-trailers simply outdoors the Parliament buildings.
Some protestors had been even seen dancing between the large rigs, whereas others stayed heat in an inflatable sizzling tub. As of Saturday morning, Ottawa police had issued greater than 2,600 tickets associated to the protest over the previous two weeks, and made 26 arrests.
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