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Saskatoon police make arrest in stolen RCMP sidearm case, gun still missing

Aug 15, 2018 | 3:33 PM

Saskatoon police say they’ve made an arrest in their investigation into a stolen RCMP firearm.

Police said the theft occurred overnight Aug. 8 while the firearm was stored in a vehicle parked at a Saskatoon hotel. Saskatoon police immediately began an investigation, and released surveillance images of a suspect.

The Saskatoon Police Service released a statement Wednesday saying a suspect had been arrested, but the wayward firearm had not yet been located. According to police, members of the Saskatoon Police Service Bike Unit spotted a man matching the suspect’s description on Third Ave. S. in Saskatoon Aug. 13. He was found to be in possession of a controlled substance, police noted, but not the firearm.

After the arrest, two warrant searches were executed Aug. 14, police said, though the missing handgun was not inside either home.