An Alberta man wanted on eight outstanding warrants was arrested by Victoria police on Friday at a downtown hotel.
Police also seized approximately $5,000 worth of crack cocaine and $1,500 in cash found in the man's hotel room in the Island Travel Inn at Douglas and Chatham streets.
The outstanding warrants included assault with a weapon, robbery, uttering threats, failure to appear, and two counts each of possession for the purpose of trafficking and breach of probation.
A 24-year-old Lethbridge man was taken into custody and will be returned to the Lethbridge Regional Police.
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