A Niagara man who fled Ontario with his two daughters amid an alleged custody dispute was arrested on the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Police say the two girls from the St. Catharines area are now safe in the hands of authorities.
The defendant, Clayton Misener, was detained through a joint investigation by Halifax police, the RCMP and the islands police.
He is expected to be transferred to the Niagara Regional Police at a later date.
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Misener, 46, disappeared with her daughters Paige and Alexandra on August 20 and is suspected of bringing the girls to the Nova Scotia area.
An arrest warrant was issued across Canada for the Niagara man in violation of a custody order.
He faces a couple of charges, disobeying a court order and kidnapping in violation of a custody order.
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is an overseas community of France near the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Its residents are French citizens.
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