Police in tactical gear quickly gained ground Saturday against demonstrators who are facing of one of the biggest police enforcement actions in Canada’s history, with officers drawn from around the country.
Smoke bombs disperse protesters as police including the RCMP clear Wellington Street in front of Parliament.
Police had been brought in from across the country to help in the clearance operation, he said, adding that 170 people were arrested Friday and Saturday and multiple investigations had been launched because of weapons seizures.By early Saturday afternoon, protesters were gone from the street in front of Parliament Hill, the collection of government offices that includes the Parliament buildings, which had the heart of the protests.
Canadian authorities also announced they had used emergency powers to seize 76 bank accounts connected to protesters, totaling roughly $3.2 million .On Saturday, they also closed a bridge into the nation’s capital from Quebec to prevent a renewed influx of protesters. The crackdown on the self-styled Freedom Convoy began Friday morning, when hundreds of police, some in riot gear and some carrying automatic weapons, descended into the protest zone and began leading demonstrators away in handcuffs through the snowy streets as holdout truckers blared their horns.
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