Dauphin RCMP arrest male, seize knife following disturbance at local business

June 24, 2026 - Dauphin, Manitoba
From: Manitoba RCMP

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On June 20, at approximately 11:45 p.m., RCMP responded to multiple panic alarms at a business on the 100-block of Main Street South in Dauphin.

Officers were dispatched and quickly learned the alarm was hit because a male was smoking inside the business. While officers were advising the male that he cannot smoke inside the business, they noticed he was carrying a concealed knife. The male was arrested and taken into custody.

Further examination of the knife found it to be a prohibited switch blade.

Tristian Cote, 34, of Cote First Nation, Saskatchewan, is charged with:

• Carrying a concealed weapon;
• Possession of a prohibited weapon;
• Weapons possession contrary to order; and
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Cote was remanded into custody.