Man arrested in Sandy Bay for brandishing makeshift firearm

A 27-year-old man is facing a slew of firearms charges after brandishing a firearm in Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation.

On Saturday shortly before 2 p.m., the Manitoba First Nations Police Service received a call that a man was brandishing a makeshift firearm in the Sandy Bay townsite.

Officers located the suspect and took him into custody without incident. A backpack the suspect was wearing contained a “heavily modified” firearm. Police also learned the suspect was on court-ordered conditions not to possess a firearm.

The man has been charged with several firearms charges. He remains in custody.