A number of arrests have been made as police transfer to clear protesters who blocked a key border crossing between the U.S. and Canada in opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Arrests have been being made and autos have been being towed on the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Windsor Policementioned on Twitter.

"Enforcement will proceed within the demonstration space and there might be zero tolerance for criminality. The general public ought to keep away from the realm," the police pressure added in one other tweet.

A bunch of protesters have been on the bridge since Monday, blocking what's normally Canada's busiest border crossing.

The protests—a part of a so-called "Freedom Convoy"—started in Ottawa in late January.

Initially organized to oppose vaccine mandates for truckers crossing the border from the U.S., it has since grown right into a motion towards pandemic restrictions normally and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's authorities.

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Protesters near Ambassador Bridge
Protestors towards Covid-19 vaccine mandates block the doorway to the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on February 12, 2022.AFP by way of Getty Photographs/Jeff Kowalsky