Police were apparently near the Sandman Signature 91原创 Hotel taking down a number of suspects late this afternoon.

Mounties and the Emergency Response Team are apparently both involved in the incident unfolding just after 5 p.m. at the Trans-Canada Highway and 200th street, said a witness going by Edler鈥檚 Stick.

鈥淟ooks like two or possibly three in custody,鈥� he said on Twitter. 鈥淗eavy police presence. Must be gang related.鈥�

In speaking with the 91原创 Advance, he said: 鈥淎ll I can tell you is that there was a heavy police presence near the Sandman Signature Hotel. I personally saw one person in custody, however two other witnesses told me they saw others that were apprehended as well.

鈥淚t would appear to me to be gang related,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is definitely an organized takedown, in my opinion, by police.鈥�

Earlier this spring, a heavy police presence in the same area was required following a deadly shooting.

On April 1, a man was shot and killed in the parking lot outside the Sandman and Moxie鈥檚 in Willoughby, adjacent to the freeway. In that case, 20-year-old Tyrell Sinnott, of Surrey, was fatally gunned down.

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