Queens District RCMP arrest four people in home invasion

February 18, 2023
Hunter River, Prince Edward Island

News release

Queens District RCMP has arrested four people after a home invasion in Hunter River.

At approximately 8:10 a.m. this morning, Queens District RCMP responded to a report of a home invasion on Route 13 in Hunter River. RCMP officers learned that four people had forcibly entered an apartment, pointed a firearm at two people, took a safe and fled the scene in a silver car. The two victims were uninjured.

At approximately 8:30 a.m., RCMP officers located the vehicle on Lower Malpeque Rd. just as the vehicle was entering Charlottetown. RCMP officers attempted to stop the vehicle and the vehicle pulled into a driveway on Kenwood Circle. RCMP officers safely arrested the two men and two women in the vehicle and all four remain in custody at this time.

The investigation remains ongoing and there is no threat to the public. This is believed to be an isolated between parties that are known to each other.

File #: 2023-225648

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Contact information

Sgt. Chris Gunn
Media Relations Officer
Prince Edward Island RCMP
902-218-2863

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