Halifax Regional Police arrested a 28-year-old man at a business in the 200 block of Chain Lake Drive in Bayers Lake for shoplifting on Monday.
At 12:44 p.m., officers responded to reports of the incident. Upon arrival and after attempting to arrest the man, he fled on foot.
After following the suspect on foot, HRP officers arrested 28-year-old Derek Cameron Whisenand at 1:15 pm.
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Upon checking his identity, police say, it was learned that the man is wanted on a Canada-wide immigration warrant for a homicide in Texas.
HRP officers took Whisenand into custody, and arrangements have been made to hand him over to appropriate federal authorities for next steps.
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