The abduction took place when a man grabbed the 8-year-old boy off a street Tuesday in the Canadian province of Quebec, the Gazette, Montreal reported Thursday.

A witness called authorities and other people gave information to police as the abductor drove around Levis with the boy, the newspaper said.

One onlooker said they saw the boy in the trunk while stopped at a traffic light, and another said they saw the man remove the boy from the car and make him go into an apartment.

Police said they found the boy tied in a sealed oil drum in the apartment building's boiler room.

The building's 50-year-old janitor was arraigned Wednesday on charges of abduction, abduction of a child under 14 and confinement, the Gazette said.