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Weapons complaint leads to 2-hour standoff

Suspect arrested without further incident
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One man was arrested May 6 after a two-hour standoff with Greater Sudbury Police Service. (File)

One man was arrested May 6 after a two-hour standoff with Greater Sudbury Police Service.

Officers were called at 10:47 a.m. to a weapons complaint on Vermillion Lake Road in Chelmsford.

A containment perimeter was set up at the scene, and the suspect was arrested at 12:46 p.m. without further incident. 

He has been charged with several weapon-related offences and is scheduled to appear in video bail court on May 7.