Winnipeg police say its new transit safety initiative has already borne fruit, with arrests happening as early as Wednesday while the project was being announced.

Officers stationed at the Unicity Transit Hub made two separate arrests on launch day, including a man police allege was boarding a bus in an attempt to escape with goods stolen from a nearby business.

The man, 37, was charged with theft under $5,000.

“It comes as no surprise to us,” said Supt. Brian Miln. “There’s a direct link to our transit strategy, which is some folks who are involved in retail crime use transit as a means of leaving the area after they have committed shoplifting crimes and theft crimes inside retail outlets.”

The second incident involved a report from a transit driver about a man smashing the window o

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