Peel Regional Police arrested a man hiding in the attic of a Brampton home after the burglar alarm alerted them to a break-in in progress Thursday morning, Dec. 22.

Officers arrived at the empty house on Ingleborough Drive, in the area of Queen Street West and Mississauga Road, around 7:25 a.m.

"They saw fresh footprints in the snow leading into the house, but nothing coming out," said Peel police spokesperson Const. Harinder Sohi.

So, they surrounded the house and brought the Tactical Unit in to search the home for the intruder, who they believed was still inside. As tactical officers went in, the officers keeping watch outside saw a head pop out of the soffitts, then disappear back in.