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Updated: Police swarm Walnut Grove hotel, cordon off parking lot

Police said a drug user triggered the smoke alarm and set off water sprinklers
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Multiple police units were called to the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Walnut Grove around 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. Police said a drug user triggered the smoke alarm and set off water sprinklers. (Shaulene Burkett/Langley Advance Times)

A drug user set off smoke detectors and triggered water sprinklers at the Holiday Inn Express around 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, police said.

At least seven Langley RCMP vehicles were called to the hotel at 8750 204 St.

Officers cordoned off the parking lot, and one man could be seen in police custody, in handcuffs.

Multiple police units were called to the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Walnut Grove around 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. Police said a drug user triggered the smoke alarm and set off water sprinklers, causing an undetermined amount of damage. (Shaulene Burkett/Langley Advance Times)
Multiple police units were called to the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Walnut Grove around 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. Police said a drug user triggered the smoke alarm and set off water sprinklers, causing an undetermined amount of damage. (Shaulene Burkett/Langley Advance Times)

Langley RCMP said a 37-year-old man was arrested for public mischief.

The Langley resident is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 2.

The hotel suffered an undetermined amount of damage as a result of the sprinklers.

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