Portage la Prairie RCMP received a request for assistance in the 100 block of Saskatchewan Avenue East last weekend.

When officers arrived on the scene during the early hours of April 16th, they arrested a suspect believed to be carrying a weapon.

During the search of the suspect, a can of what is suspected to be bear spray was located.

The 19-year-old man from Macgregor was on conditions not to be in possession of any weapons.

The suspect was remanded into custody, appeared in court on April 19th and faced charges of Carrying a Concealed Weapon and Failing to Comply with an Undertaking.