VANCOUVER Police have arrested a man who allegedly brandished a hypodermic needle at staff inside a downtown dollar store on Wednesday.1

VPD officers responded near Granville and West Pender Street around 2 p.m. to a report that a suspected shoplifter had pulled on a needle on staff after they confronted him and asked him to leave the store. The suspect had also allegedly pushed a worker.

Officers arrested the suspect on scene and took him to jail

Emaan Mirhashemi, 31, has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.