METRO VANCOUVER - A Surrey man charged after a 10-hour standoff at a Vancouver hotel on Monday is also accused of crashing a truck into a hospital in New Westminster last month.

Ranjit Singh Sandhu, 27, has been charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon in connection with the standoff at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel.

He is in jail and scheduled to make a court appearance in Vancouver Provincial Court on Friday.

Vancouver police spokesman Brian Montague said Wednesday that Sandhu also faces multiple charges for a Sept. 9 incident in which a pickup truck crashed through the front entrance of the Royal Columbian Hospital. Two pedestrians suffered minor injuries in that incident, which caused thousands of dollars in damage to the hospital.

On Monday, police allege, Sandhu was involved in an armed standoff at the hotel.

The confrontation started at 2:15 a.m. when a man walked into the lobby of the five-star hotel brandishing a handgun and then holed up on the third floor where meeting rooms are located.

The standoff ended 10 hours later ended when the force’s emergency response team used a “flash bang” device, a non-lethal grenade designed to give off a loud bang and a flash of light and disorient anyone nearby. Police also fired a plastic bullet at the man, striking him in the leg. The man was treated to hospital for minor injuries

After the incident at Royal Columbian, Sandhu was charged with one count each of impaired driving, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, mischief over $5,000 and mischief that causes danger to life.

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With files from The New Westminster Record