On December 10, 2025, the Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit (MIVOAU), an integrated team consisting of Manitoba RCMP and Winnipeg Police Service officers, along with additional officers from Cranberry Portage, Flin Flon, The Pas Police Dog Services and the Manitoba First Nations Police Service, conducted operations targeting prolific and violent offenders with outstanding Warrants for their arrest.

The focus of this operation, which ran from December 8 to December 11, 2025, was on apprehending 23 wanted individuals from the Flin Flon, The Pas and Opaskwayak Cree Nation area.

Five of the 23 accused who were located and arrested, were wanted on various charges including Robbery, Assault causing bodily harm, Assault with weapon, Possession of a weapon and Resist arrest, they were also each facing numerous Fail to comply with release order conditions. The other 18 individuals were not located and remain at large.

Four of the five accused were located and arrested without incident and remanded into custody, with one of them later being released by a Judicial Justice of the Peace. The fifth, a 32-year-old male from Flin Flon, attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended at a nearby residence with the assistance of Police Service Dog Phlex.

Of the five individuals arrested on this date, four were located in Flin Flon and one in Opaskwayak Cree Nation.

The Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit (MIVOAU) continues to investigate.