A Toronto-area man was arrested by multiple officers in tactical gear in connection with a terror investigation by the RCMP in Quebec near the U.S. border on Wednesday.
According to police sources, the arrest occurred in Ormstown, Que. and three additional people have also been detained.
However, investigators have yet to release further details.
The arrest took place while the man was heading toward Roxham Road with alleged plans to illegally enter the United States but was arrested beforehand around 5 p.m., near the intersection of Gale and Church streets.
Elizabeth Henshaw, an Ormstown resident, told Radio-Canada that she came home to find a man handcuffed on her front lawn as well as a woman in cuffs on her front porch, along with dozens of police officers.
“[The police] said it was confidential and they couldn’t tell me what was going on,” she said.
According to Henshaw, police searched a nearby parked car before taking it away.
Ormstown is home to a small population of under 4,000 people and is a “very quiet little town,” said Henshaw. “It was very unusual, it was the talk of the town.”
The quiet town quickly changed when an RCMP vehicle intentionally crashed into another vehicle thought to be transporting a suspect in the case.
The RCMP confirmed that the operation was carried out by officers in Ontario, however, have yet to comment further on the operation.