Curious onlookers milled nearby as officers tried to make contact with anyone in the store, without success. When the Emergency Task Force arrived, its members surrounded 365 Dispensary and the Underground Garage at King and Charlotte Sts. Toronto police received one call about a person entering the business with a firearm — and possibly a hostage — at 1 p.m., Const. A false alarm about an armed hostage-taker inside a pot dispensary shut down King St. W. for almost three hours Thursday, causing major traffic chaos during the afternoon commute. Rhys Jenkins, who owns the Peacok bar next door to the dispensary, was downstairs working when he starting receiving messages from concerned friends.

Source: thestar October 26, 2017 19:08 UTC