PICKERING, Ont. - An arrest has been made in the case of a confinement room found in an old farmhouse that later burnt down.

Durham police say Robert White, 44, of Oshawa has been charged with break and enter with intent.

He is accused of building the room and planning to use it for a criminal purpose.

There is no indication, however, that the room was ever used to hold someone captive.

Contractors surveying the property stumbled upon the room in the basement of the farmhouse, which was slated for demotion, in December.

Police said at the time the room was recently built and looked like it was "solely designed to hold someone captive.''

The abandoned home in northwest Pickering was destroyed two weeks later by a fire police considered suspicious.

The accused is being held for a bail hearing.

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