No, Santa Claus was not arrested at a Winnipeg mall, police say
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After social media images of Santa being arrested, Winnipeg police said their officers 'did not attend Polo Park, and no Mall Santa was arrested.' Mall staff said it was a prank.
Santa Claus has not been arrested at a Winnipeg mall, according to local authorities.
Winnipeg police took to Twitter to let the public know officers did not take Santa into custody at Cadillac-Fairview Polo Park Wednesday after video and photos appearing to show a mall Santa being arrested made the rounds on social media.
“Police did not attend Polo Park, and no Mall Santa was arrested. Nothing untoward occurred,” police said in a reply to a video of the incident posted to the site.
The short video appears to show a man dressed as Santa Claus being handcuffed by two men dressed in uniforms at the Portage Avenue shopping centre.
Cadillac-Fairview Polo Park general manager Peter Havens tells Global News the mall Santa’s arrest was “done in jest.”
“It was a joke by centre staff, it’s actually security staff that’s arresting him,” Havens explained.
“The group was trying to get a silly picture and unfortunately it was picked up by some other bystander.”
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