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  VICTORIA -- West Shore RCMP are investigating after a man allegedly targeted a local business with bear spray after being asked to leave the store for suspected shoplifting. Police say the incident began around 6 p.m. Thursday at Devonshire Market in downtown Langford. Business owner Andoop Dhami told police that he spotted a man allegedly shoplifting from the store. When Dhami asked the man to leave, the man allegedly made comments about "lighting fires" in the store as he exited. Shortly after, Dhami smelled the scent of bear spray and called 911, according to police. When RCMP arr...

Officers were called to the market after owner Anoop Dhami reported he had caught a man attempting to steal an item. Police said Dhami told the man to leave and the man complied, but made comments about lighting fires as he walked out. The store owner then began to smell bear spray and called 911. RCMP determined the suspect released bear spray into the store through an external vent, and said the use of the aerosol has been a troubling trend on the West Shore. “This is the fourth incident involving bear spray in the last week,” Cst. Meighan Massey said in a statement. “There is an adde...