An escaped inmate from Stony Mountain Institution is back in custody.
Corrections officials said 45-year-old Aban Galin wasn’t accounted for during the 9:45 p.m. count at the federal prison’s minimum security unit Sunday night.
Galin was serving a sentence of just over three years for drug and firearm-related offences, and has a previous rap sheet that saw him serve time for fraud, breaking and entering, and other crimes.
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According to Stonewall RCMP, Galin was found in Winnipeg early Monday morning, and taken into custody by Winnipeg police.
He’s now back at Stony Mountain facing charges for escaping and being at large.
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