A 23-year-old man has been arrested and a loaded sawed-off semi-automatic rifle with a magazine containing ammunition was seized, Winnipeg police say.
On Saturday, five minutes past noon, officers went to the area of Aikins Street and Mountain Avenue for the report of a man with a firearm.
Police say officers attended the area in a co-ordinated effort to find the man and shortly after officers saw him walking westbound in the 400 block of Mountain Avenue.
He was arrested without incident and police say they recovered a loaded sawed-off Kodiak WK180C semi-automatic rifle with a magazine containing .223 calibre ammunition in a residential yard within the same block of the arrest location.
Police say the serial number on the rifle had been obliterated and the magazine had been altered to increase its capacity to hold additional rounds.
A 23-year-old man from Winnipeg is now facing several weapons-related charges and police say he was a parolee from the Edmonton Institution, with the Correctional Service of Canada also advised.
As a result, a Warrant of Apprehension and Suspension was issued, and the Winnipeg Police Service executed the warrant.