A Niagara man who fled Ontario with his two daughters amid an alleged custody dispute has been arrested on the Islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
Police say the two girls from the St. Catharines area are now safely in the hands of authorities.
The accused, Clayton Misener, was picked up via a joint investigation by Halifax police, the RCMP and police from the islands.
He is expected to be transferred to Niagara Regional Police at a later date.
Misener, 46, disappeared with daughters Paige and Alexandra on Aug. 20 and is suspected to have taken the girls to the Nova Scotia area.
A Canada-wide warrant was issued for the Niagara man in contravention of a custody order.
He faces a pair of charges, disobeying an order of the court and abduction in contravention of a custody order.
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is an overseas collectivity of France near the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Its residents are French citizens.