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While searching hotel room, Manitoba RCMP find gun reported stolen by officer in 2019

Manitoba RCMP. File / Global News

A Lac du Bonnet man is in custody after Manitoba RCMP became aware he may have been in possession of a firearm at an area hotel on Monday.

After a search, police found a semi-automatic handgun that was later determined to be the same weapon reported stolen from an RCMP officer’s Winnipeg home in 2019.

Read more: Winnipeg police investigating reported theft of RCMP officer’s gun, Taser

The 35-year-old suspect is facing charges of possessing weapons contrary to a court order, possessing a prohibited firearm, possessing a weapon obtained by crime, unsafe storage of a firearm and two counts of failing to comply with a release order.

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He was also found to have oustanding warrants for aggravated assault, uttering threats and failing to attend court.

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