The Pas RCMP have arrested a 24-year-old man following a theft and knife incident in The Pas.

Police say officers responded to a business on Crossley Avenue at around 9:48 Tuesday morning, October 28th, after a report of a theft.

A store employee confronted the suspect outside, but the man pulled out a knife. The employee was not injured.

Police located the suspect a short time later on Fourth Street. A search revealed he was carrying three knives.

The man, from Opaskwayak Cree Nation, faces charges of robbery with an offensive weapon and theft under five thousand dollars.