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LOS ANGELES – A woman suspected of giving birth at a sandwich shop in East Los Angeles and leaving her newborn in the toilet was arrested Monday, police said.

The infant was found in the toilet of a Subway restaurant in a shopping center at 2540 S. Azusa Avenue, West Covina police told KTLA. The mother was arrested about 20 minutes not far from the shop.

Police had the infant transferred to a hospital to be treated for an undisclosed condition. It was unknown how far along the mother was in her pregnancy, KTLA reported.

After newborn baby is found in W. Covina @SUBWAY toilet, suspected mother is arrested https://t.co/DpD0f2qTva pic.twitter.com/cdxg4pm5Nv — KTLA (@KTLA) February 15, 2016