N.L. police use aerial drone to catch alleged arsonist setting fire to vehicle

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary police car is shown in St. John's in a June 2020 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie

ST. JOHN'S - Police in St. John’s, N.L., have used an aerial drone to catch an alleged arsonist in the act. 

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says officers were using a drone for additional patrols of the Cochrane Pond area this morning. 

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