One person has been critically injured after being stabbed at a motel in Whitby on Thursday afternoon.

Durham Regional Police said they were called to Motel 6 at 165 Consumers Drive, near Brock Street and Highway 401, for a stabbing.

A victim has been taken to a trauma centre in Toronto in life-threatening condition, police said.

They added that one male is in custody.

No other details about the incident have been released.