Several teenagers were arrested at gunpoint Sunday evening near Coquitlam Centre mall.
Coquitlam RCMP were called to the northwest side of the mall shortly before 7 p.m. to respond to an altercation between four or five people in their late teens, with a report that one of the teens was spotted holding a handgun.
When officers arrived, they found the group just as one of the young men was hiding an item in some shrubs; that item was found to be an Airsoft replica handgun.
Due to the report of a handgun, officers drew their weapons and conducted a high-risk arrest; all four teens were taken into custody without incident, said Const. Jamie Phillipson.
The teens are known to police and continue to be uncooperative, he said. Three have been held for court with recommended charges of using a replica firearm in the commission of an offence, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
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