Winnipeg man charged with morning grocery store robbery – Winnipeg | The Canadian News

A Winnipeg man is in custody after an armed robbery at a Portage Avenue grocery store Thursday morning.

Police said they were called to the store, in the 900 block of Portage, around 9:30 a.m., where staff told them they had seen a man leaving the store with stolen merchandise and pointed a gun at them. employees following him. outside.

The 29-year-old suspect was arrested near Minto Street and Wolever Avenue, where all of the stolen merchandise was recovered.

Police said no firearm was found.

The suspect faces multiple charges, including armed robbery with a firearm, possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order, pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon, and use of a firearm during the commission of an indictable offence.

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