Canadian police have broken up a group that was allegedly ready to use violence to defend the Freedom Convoy near the US border.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta said it had arrested 11 people and seized 13 long guns, as well as handguns and a large quantity of ammunition.
Those arrested were reported to have a “willingness to use force against the police if any attempts were made to disrupt the blockade”, the force said in a statement.
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It comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to use special measures allowing him to tackle the truck protests, which have shut some border crossings and paralysed Ottawa.
Canadian media said Mr Trudeau had told politicians from the Liberal Party that he would use the 1988 Emergencies Act, which allows the government to override the provinces and authorise temporary measures to ensure security during national emergencies.
The act has only been used once in peacetime – by Mr Trudeau’s father, Pierre Trudeau, during the October Crisis in 1970.
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