On the edge of paranoid: Manitoba farmers struggle with repeat robberies – Winnipeg [Video]

A rural Manitoba farmer says he’s feeling unnerved and frustrated after his farm was one of three west of Portage la Prairie that was robbed on the weekend.

Dean Toews told 680 CJOB’s The Start that this most recent event is at least the sixth time his property has been hit by robbers.

Manitoba RCMP say they’re looking into the weekend incidents, which involved a group of armed suspects accused of stealing a range of items, including ATVs, power tools and a pickup truck.

Toews said crime in rural Manitoba seems never-ending lately.

“You’re kind of always on the edge of paranoid of what’s potentially going to be taken — you don’t want to have easy targets out in the open,” he said.

“We try to keep things indoors and out of sight as much as possible.”

Police said the incidents took place between 3:30 and 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, and that they’ve linked each crime to the same group of suspects.

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