2 arrested in RCMP raids in Kingston, Ont., related to national security probe

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2 arrested in RCMP raids in Kingston, Ont., related to national security probe
"The government of Canada constantly monitors all potential threats and has robust measures in place to address them," he wrote.

"Canadians can be confident that whenever credible information is obtained about a potential threat, the RCMP, CSIS and other police and security agencies take the appropriate steps to ensure the security of this country and the safety of its citizens."

Earlier today, RCMP & partners took action in Kingston, based on credible information, to ensure public safety. Canada’s threat level remains at medium, where it has stood since 2014. Further comment on operation details will be made at the appropriate time by the RCMP.

A man who lives at one of the homes spoke to CBC News by phone shortly after 7 p.m. ET as he stood outside his residence in the northwest part of the city.

He said he arrived home from Ottawa late Thursday afternoon and was "surprised" to find RCMP at his house. As he spoke, he said the RCMP were inside questioning his wife and children, adding he had not been questioned by police himself.


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Police officers carry evidence from one of the homes in Kingston, Ont. (Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press)
"I don't know why they're at my home," he told CBC News, as police officers stood next to him. "The police haven't told me anything."


He said that as far as he knew his wife and children were not under arrest, but he hadn't been able to reach them as their cellphones were off.

Asked if it would surprise him to hear police were conducting a national security investigation, he said "yes."

The man said he did not know anyone at the other address.


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Canadian officials told CBC News the investigation, which included raids on two properties in Kingston, was conducted in co-operation with U.S. authorities. (Frederic Pepin/CBC)
Canadian officials speaking on background told CBC News there was no imminent threat to public safety, and that the situation is contained.

Goodale said the operation has not changed the country's threat level. It remains at "medium," where it has hovered since late 2014.

However, the threat was considered serious enough to involve months of investigation, thousands of hours of police work and the use of a Pilatus PC-12 RCMP surveillance plane which has been circling over Kingston at low altitudes in recent weeks for hours on end, creating a great deal of interest from residents due to the noise.



Spokespeople for both the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice referred all questions to the RCMP.

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The investigation involved a Pilatus PC-12 RCMP surveillance plane that made headlines recently after it was seen circling over Kingston at low altitudes. (Neil Aird)
 
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The RCMP have arrested two people following raids on the two homes in what officials are calling a national security investigation. (Cristiano Vilela)
 
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The father of Hussam Eddin Alzahabi says his 20-year-old son has been arrested in what he believes is a terror-related investigation in Kingston, Ont.

"They tell me they search about him about terrorists. I know my son, he didn't think about that. He like Canada. He like the safety in Canada. How could he think about that?" Amin Alzahabi, who has been in Canada since 2017, told CBC News in an interview from his home Friday morning.

"Not good, not good."

On Thursday, RCMP arrested two people following raids on two homes in the eastern Ontario city. Sources tell CBC News it's related to a national security investigation.

CBC News has learned the arrests included a minor and involved both Kingston police and the help of the FBI in the U.S. Details about the other person arrested weren't immediately available.

The RCMP said it will hold a news conference today at 1 p.m. ET to update the public on the investigation.

On Thursday, officers could be seen carrying bags of evidence out of the homes.

By Friday morning, the police presence was contained to just one residence.

"It's fake news about my son," Alzahabi said. "I trust my son. I know he cannot do anything against any human, humanity."

"They inspected everything from my house. They didn't find anything," Alzahabi said.

"I think this is not good," he added.

The family, originally from Syria, has been living in Canada since July 2017, Alzahabi said, following time spent in Kuwait from 2008 to 2017.

According to a bulletin posted to the website of a Kingston-area Catholic church detailing the journey of the Alzahabi family, an ecumenical group of churches helped bring them to Canada through the private sponsorship refugee program in 2016-17.

The church group established a series of committees, including a hospitality and orientation committee composed of parishioners, and raised more than $30,000 to help support the family's transition to life in Canada.

Alzahabi said he and his family came to Canada to be "liberated" and avoid being sent back to Syria — which is still in the throes of a multi-year bloody civil war — by the Kuwaiti government.

"I want to save my family from Assad regime in Syria," he said, referencing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who's accused of perpetrating war crimes against his own people.

"I wanted to come to Canada and I [succeeded] in coming to Canada because I trust Canada. I trust this country is for the humanity ... freedom," Alzahabi said.

To that end, Amin Alzahabi said his son was completing high school upgrades at Loyalist Collegiate & Vocational Institute with the hope he could then continue his studies at a university.

In a statement, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said police took action Thursday "based on credible information, to ensure public safety."


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The RCMP have arrested two people following raids on the two homes in what officials are calling a national security investigation. (Cristiano Vilela)
The minister said the operation has not changed the country's threat level. It remains at "medium," where it has hovered since late 2014.

However, the threat was considered serious enough to involve months of investigation, thousands of hours of police work and the use of a Pilatus PC-12 RCMP surveillance plane that had been circling over Kingston in recent weeks for hours on end, creating a great deal of interest from residents due to the noise.

Spokespeople for both the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice referred all questions to the RCMP.
 
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And IHIT’s Richardson offered the following: “I think by and large the refugees that come to this country are hard-working citizens that are very happy to be in Canada. I would just hope that we look at this incident for what it is. It is a one-off situation.”

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现在是two-off或者three-off了,这次在Kingston逮捕了俩,一个20岁的是这家的儿子,还有个Youth,不能公布名字......
 
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