Truck used to smash into store, one boy charged

Two boys — one too young to be charged — were arrested after a stolen pickup truck was used to smash through a storefront window in a burglary in Thompson early Monday.

RCMP were contacted about the incident at a Selkirk Avenue vape business at 3:40 a.m.

Security video showed a truck with an Ontario licence plate ramming the store. Two males fled after stealing items.

Officers stopped a truck driving down Mystery Lake Road and stopped it in a lane behind Brandon Crescent.

Two boys, ages 11 and 13, were inside. The younger one can’t be charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act and was turned over to a family member. The older boy remains in custody, Manitoba RCMP said.