Man arrested after children abducted near North Battleford

REGINA – Mounties arrested a man at a home on the Little Pine First Nation Thursday, in connection to the alleged abduction of three children.

At around 2:15 p.m. Battleford RCMP received a call from a Sweetgrass First Nation resident saying, an eight-year-old girl, a 13-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy had been abducted by a man driving an SUV.

The suspect was later located and arrested at a home on Little Pine First Nation.

Four children were also found in the home, uninjured including the three reported missing.

Officers said their investigation is ongoing and add the children are known to the suspect.