UPDATE: Suspect arrested in connection with Inuvik hospital break-in

Michael Clifford Rilling was taken into custody on Thursday or Friday.


(Photo courtesy of RCMP)

An Inuvik man wanted in connection with a break and enter and theft has been taken into custody.

That’s according to a release from the Inuvik RCMP on Friday.

45-year-old Michael Clifford Rilling was wanted in connection with an incident that took place at the Inuvik Regional Hospital on or shortly before Sept. 28.

Police first put out a notice asking for the public’s help in locating Rilling on Thursday.

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