York Regional Police are seeking suspects following a jewelry store robbery Saturday afternoon at Upper Canada Mall that resulted in minor injuries for officers on site.

Police say they responded to a number of calls of three or four suspects armed with hammers entering the store at the Newmarket, Ont., mall shortly after 3:30 p.m. The suspects then smashed glass display cases and took a quantity of products.

Staff Sgt. Peter Cheung told reporters Saturday night that a number of officers were already at the mall for a community event when the robbery occurred.

“Our officers and the security guards quickly intervened and they tried to give chase, but they were pepper sprayed,” Cheung said.

According to Cheung, the pepper spray resulted in minor injuries for the officers and two mall s

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