RCMP cancelled an Amber Alert for a five-day-old baby shortly after issuing it Thursday evening. /Postmedia

Amber Alert cancelled after five-day-old baby located safe

by · Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Waskesiu Lake RCMP cancelled an Amber Alert shortly after issuing it Thursday evening.

RCMP say they found the five-day-old subject of the Amber Alert safe and that a suspect has been taken into custody.

According to the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police, an Amber Alert may be initiated when police are investigating an abduction. Each of a particular set of criteria must be met prior to an Amber Alert being issued: