Manitoba

Rifles found along Brandon bike path Monday, police say

Two rifles were recovered Monday from a bike path near a busy Brandon, Man., shopping centre.

Firearms found under tree near Brandon's Corral Centre shopping mall

Two rifles were recovered Monday from a bike path near a busy Brandon shopping centre on Monday. (Riley Laychuk/CBC)

Two rifles were recovered Monday from a bike path near a busy Brandon, Man., shopping centre.

Brandon police said a person walking near Kirkaldy Drive in the Wheat City found the two firearms under a tree on a bike path near the Corral Center.  

The firearms are a flintlock muzzle-load rifle and a Steyr model 1886 bolt-action centre-fire rifle, police said.

No reports were filed recently about lost or stolen guns, and police are asking anyone with information about the weapons to give officers a call at 204-729-2345.