Prancing, but no Pantsing

Canadian PressNov. 3, 2005

NANAIMO, B.C. - Two RCMP officers are recuperating from injuries they suffered in a struggle with a hysterical flashlight-wielding man wearing no pants.

The officers responded to a call near the Duke Point ferry terminal shortly after midnight Wednesday and attempted to arrest the 50-year-old resident of Ladysmith, also on Vancouver Island.

"He was running around with no pants on," said Nanaimo RCMP Const. Jack Eubank. "He had a flashlight and a jacket, but no pants." Eubank said police are investigating whether drugs were involved. "He was just kind of somewhere else," said Eubank.

Pepper spray and a Taser stun gun were used on the man, but without apparent effect. The officers and the man tumbled down a steep slope and a bystander joined the two constables to subdue the unruly suspect. One of the officers, a female constable, was taken to hospital with a suspected broken hand.

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