Winnipeg Mounties Recover Officer’s Stolen Handgun, Arrest Suspect

RCMP-issued service weapon taken during break-and-enter in 2019

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) crest is seen on a member's uniform in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on July 24, 2019. Shannon VanRaes/File Photo via Reuters

The RCMP in Manitoba has recovered an RCMP-issued handgun that was stolen from a safe at the home of an RCMP officer in 2019.

Lac du Bonnet RCMP said in a March 23 news release that they executed a search warrant in response to a report of a male in possible possession of a firearm at a local hotel.