The Portage la Prairie RCMP recently apprehended a shoplifter.

Officers say during the afternoon of June 16, RCMP received a report of shoplifting from a business in the 2300 block of Sissons Avenue in Portage.

Police note they were provided with a suspect description and the direction of their travel, and officers located a 21-year-old Portage man on 8 Street NW and Fisher Avenue.

Police say the suspect had some of the items snatched from the business and faces charges of theft under $5000.

He was held and appeared in court the following day.