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It has been two months since gaggles of anti-gentrification protesters first began turning up outside an upscale Vancouver restaurant, shining flashlights into diners’ eyes, climbing on windowsills and blocking the entrance. Now, Vancouver Police announced that they intend to start making at least one arrest.

“We are planning an arrest shortly, and that’s in regards to someone that we believe has crossed the line in regards to civil disobedience,” Cst. Brian Montague, spokesman for the Vancouver Police, said Thursday.

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Police have declined to discuss specifics, but in recent weeks the owners of the restaurant, Pidgin, have reported seeing elderly couples and stroller-pushing parents having to pass through a gauntlet of screaming protesters while trying to enter the restaurant’s front doors.

“There’s a key number of people that we feel require our attention, and we fell that are crossing the line into illegal behaviour … that puts the public at risk,” said Cst. Montague.