Man charged after BB gun seen out car window

A 25-year-old man is facing charges after a car was seen driving erratically on the Trans-Canada Highway while a BB handgun was waved from the vehicle.

On Tuesday just before noon Portage la Prairie RCMP received a report a man driving erratically on the Trans-Canada Highway had waved a handgun through his vehicle’s sunroof after passing another car east of Portage la Prairie.

About 20 minutes later officers located the suspect’s vehicle travelling west of Portage la Prairie and pulled him over near the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 16. RCMP found and seized an airsoft replica BB handgun.

The man is facing numerous weapons charges, as well as uttering threats and causing a nuisance causing injury. He was released on an undertaking and has a court date slated for September.