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Police dogs, remote plane used to track rural break-in suspect: Manitoba RCMP

Police dogs were brought int o help track down a break-in suspect hiding in dense brush in the RM of Reynolds last week, RCMP say. RCMP Handout

RCMP say police dogs and a remote-controlled aircraft were used to track down a man wanted in connection to a string of rural Manitoba break-ins.

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Police were already investigating break-ins at several properties in the Rural Municipality of Reynolds in early March when a suspicious vehicle, thought to be connected to the break-ins, was reported driving in the municipality on March 8.

An officer stopped the vehicle, but police say the driver got out and fled into a densely forested area nearby.

RCMP say it took an hour-and-a-half to walk the suspect back to the road due to dense brush and rough terrain. RCMP Handout

Police say officers secured the area while police dogs and a remotely-piloted aircraft were brought in to help search through the brush.

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After several hours the suspect was found hiding roughly two kilometers from where police say he fled from his vehicle.

A 41-year-old Winnipeg man has been charged with seven counts of break and enter, possession of break-in instruments, mischief and resisting arrest.

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