Winnipeg police say a 23-year-old man has been arrested and a loaded semi-automatic rifle loaded with ammunition has been seized.
On Saturday at 5:05 pm, officers went to the area of Eakins Street and Mountain Avenue for a report of a man with a weapon.
Police say officers appeared in the area in a coordinated effort to locate the man and shortly after officers observed him walking west in the 400 block of Mountain Avenue.
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He was arrested without incident and police say they recovered a loaded sawed-off Kodiak WK180C semi-automatic rifle containing .223 caliber ammunition in a residential yard within the same block of the arrest location.
Police say the serial number on the rifle was erased and the magazine was changed to increase its capacity to hold additional rounds.
A 23-year-old Winnipeg man now faces multiple weapons-related charges and police say he was on parole from the Edmonton Institution, also advised by the Correctional Service of Canada.
As a result, a warrant of apprehension and suspension was issued, and the Winnipeg Police Service executed the warrant.
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