An incident at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital has left a security guard recovering from a bear spray blast.
Coquitlam RCMP were called to the Colony Farm location just before midnight Tuesday for an attempted theft from auto.
A security guard from the hospital had interrupted the attempted theft and as the three suspects were running toward a waiting vehicle one of them sprayed the guard with bear spray.
There was no description of the suspects that was available other than they fled in a light-coloured sedan. Police were able to seize some items from the scene and will analyze them for fingerprints and DNA.
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