Off-duty police officer makes shoplifting arrest

A Summerside, P.E.I., man is facing charges after he was arrested Saturday by an off-duty police officer.

The officer was shopping at the Granville Street Superstore when he saw the man leaving the store with a basket of meat he hadn't paid for, SummersidePolice said in a new release.

The officer followed the man out of the store, identified himself as a police officer and placed the man under arrest.

The 27-year-old is facing charges of theft and breach of probation.

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