Police in North Vancouver say they had to close a portion of Highway 1 yesterday morning to deal with a man acting erratically due to a mental health crisis.
North Vancouver R-C-M-P say they were alerted to a man "causing public alarm" Monday morning on the Mosquito Creek trail under an overpass, and officers had to confront his "aggressive" and threatening behaviour.
Mounties say they brought in a crisis negotiator and consulted with a psychologist as they talked the man down, apprehending him under the Mental Health Act a few hours after the incident began.
Police say the man had a number of "makeshift weapons," but the highway was reopened shortly after the man was taken to hospital for treatment.
