Loaded gun and drugs seized in takedown

Police performed a high risk takedown of a potentially dangerous person outside a Vernon business.

A passerby told police a man yelled at him and showed a handgun as he walked by at 31st Street and 47th Avenue in the north end around 10:35 a.m. Wednesday.

Police flooded the area and arrested a 26-year-old Kelowna man near Vernon Toyota.

“The male attempted to flee on foot, but RCMP officers performed a high risk takedown, which resulted in him being taken into police custody without further incident,” Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy said. “Quick thinking by the officers helped remove a potentially dangerous person, as well as a quantity of drugs, from our streets.”