Police Presence in Southampton

Press Release:

On Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 at 11:36am members of the Saugeen Shores Police Service responded to a report of a possible armed robbery in progress at a business in Southampton.  A male was reported to be acting erratically and was in possession of a knife.

Officers arrived on scene and located a male matching the suspect description.  Responding officers observed the male to be in the possession of a knife.  Officers conducted a high risk arrest and took the male into custody.  Further investigation revealed that no robbery had taken place and the male was released unconditionally from the police station.