Peel police have taken a student into custody after they received reports of person armed with a weapon at St. Marguerite d’Youville Secondary School in Brampton on Thursday morning.

Police received the call at 8:58 a.m. and the school went into lockdown.

Police said no threats were made and the student was quickly apprehended by officers without incident. An imitation firearm was retrieved at 9:11 a.m. and the lockdown was lifted, said police.

Police did not release the age or gender of the student.

Marta Marychuk is a reporter with the Brampton Guardian.

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