Peel police say they found a suspected burglar hiding in a woman’s basement freezer after a Brampton house was broken into in the middle of the day Saturday (May 19).

Tactical unit officers arrested the man and police allege jewelry was found in his pocket.

A 66-year-old woman who heard a loud bang on her back door and saw a stranger in her backyard called police to the home in the area of Vodden Street East and Garfield Crescent just after noon.

“She ran to a neighbour’s house and called police,” said Peel spokesperson Const. Harinder Sohi.