On October 1, 2022, at approximately 4:30 am, Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a robbery and kidnapping that occurred on Provincial Road 227, in the RM of Westlake-Gladstone.
Two males were travelling in a truck with a camper, when they stopped for the night on PR 227, off Highway 16, in the RM of Westlake-Gladstone. One male was sleeping in the truck and the other male was sleeping in the camper. At 4:30 am, three males opened the door and yelled at the victim to get out of the vehicle. The male victim was assaulted and threatened with a firearm. The males got inside the truck and ran over the victim as they fled in the truck and camper. The suspects were aware that there was a male inside the camper when they fled.
(Image – truck and camper – Portage RCMP)
Officers located the truck and camper and short time later near the intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 50. The suspects had fled but the victim, a 69-year-old male from India, was located safe inside the camper.
The other victim, a 33-year-old male was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspects are described as male and possibly Hispanic or Indigenous, wearing dark clothing. One male had a large build and was wearing a dark coloured mask over his face.
Police are asking for anyone with information to please call Portage la Prairie RCMP at 204-857-4445, call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, or secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com