Court appearances have been made by two men, arrested in connection with an armed robbery on the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation.

24-year-old Chandler Cook was in Dauphin yesterday (Thu), where he was remanded in custody to Monday, while 27-year-old Cheyenne Cook was in Swan River yesterday (Thu), where he was remanded to December 18.

On November 2, Swan River RCMP responded to a report of a man who allegedly assaulted two men, and forced them to empty their pockets and turn over their cell phones at gunpoint.  

Three people were later arrested in a vehicle at the gas station in Mafeking.