Multiple residents have described a large police operation taking place in the vicinity of Yellowknife’s Bigelow Crescent early on Saturday morning.
Witnesses said they heard loud bangs – similar to gunfire or the stun grenades sometimes used by police during operations – starting at around 4:30-5am.
In video footage, RCMP officers can be heard telling occupants of a property: “You are all under arrest. We have a warrant.”
Multiple police vehicles were at the scene.
Few details of the operation could be immediately confirmed.
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Police have been approached for more information, though the RCMP media relations desk in the NWT is generally not staffed on weekends.
Bigelow Crescent, in a residential area of Yellowknife, has made headlines multiple times in recent years as the scene of a double homicide and other crimes.
Residents have launched initiatives to try to improve the area as a consequence.
