A potentially dangerous man was put in custody Thursday morning with help from some alert school kids.
Shortly before 8:30 a.m., police were called to a report of a man kneeling down in the bushes near Harwin Elementary School and holding what appeared to be a firearm.
The man had gone by the time police arrived but RCMP later found someone who matched the description, Cpl. Craig Douglass said. It turned out he was carrying the stock of a crossbow but police also found some knives on him, and he was arrested on suspicion of breaching his conditions.
"Give them credit," said Douglass said of the students. "They went to a supervisor as soon as they saw it, so it worked out well."
Charges against the man had not yet been formally approved as of Monday.
