North Bay Police say they instructed Chippewa Secondary School to go into lockdown for a time today, as a precautionary measure.

Police say they received information that a person in possession of a weapon was in the vicinity of the school.

They say a young person from North Bay was arrested a short time later.

The youth has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon and a couple of breach counts.

(File photo by station staff)

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