On August 9th, at approximately 2:50 p.m., Ste Rose du Lac RCMP received a report of an armed robbery at a business on Highway 50 in the RM of Alonsa.
RCMP say that three males wearing masks pulled up to the business, got out with firearms, and pointed them at the employees. They then stole an undisclosed amount of money and cigarettes. They left in the same vehicle. None of the employees were physically injured.
Amaranth and Neepawa RCMP, and Manitoba First Nations Police Service, were notified of the suspect vehicle, which was found in Sandy Bay.
MFNP then conducted a traffic stop on a van in the community. One of the suspects from the robbery was visible in the van, as was a firearm.
All four occupants of the vehicle were arrested, three males and a female driver. The female has since been released without charge.
31-year-old Francis Beaulieu, 26-year-old Anton Levasseur, and 29-year-old Victor Lavasseur, all from Sandy Bay, remain in custody on charges of Robbery with a Firearm and various firearms offences.
