Portage RCMP received a call approximately 3:00 this morning about a break and enter at the Shell gas station on Highway #1, just East of Portage la Prairie. Police report officers went to the scene and found a 22-year-old male from Winnipeg still inside the gas station. RCMP made an arrest without incident. Police say the male suspect placed a large number of cigarettes in a garbage bag. He appeared in Portage la Prairie on two charges of Break and Enter with Intent and Mischief.

The thief broke through the front window beside the main entrance door in order to open the door.