Man holding woman against her will arrested in wooded area, Ottawa police seize gun in another incident

A police vehicle sits outside the Ottawa Police headquarters on Elgin St. in this undated photo. (CTV News Ottawa)

The Ottawa Police Service says a man who was holding a woman against her will behind Hurdman Bus Station in the early hours of Friday morning was arrested.

Police say they received a call shortly before 12:50 a.m. reporting a man holding a woman with a firearm in the forested area behind the station.

That was when police “worked to triangulate the caller’s location and initiated a search.”

“The investigation led them through a wooded area and an encampment, where they located the suspect lying beside a firearm,” Ottawa police said in a news release.

The suspect was arrested without incident, and the gun was seized, according to police.

In a separate incident on Wednesday at 10 p.m., police seized another firearm during a traffic stop in the 100 block of Inverkip Avenue.

When the driver was stopped, police found that he was “breaching court-imposed conditions.” That was when officers searched the vehicle and seized the gun.

According to police, he was charged with several firearm-related charges. He’s also facing charges related to breaching his conditions.

Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call the Guns and Gangs Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5050, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) to remain anonymous.