Police were on the lookout for people looking to make an easy buck by selling marked up tickets to last night's Jets game.

At about 7:55 p.m. Wednesday night, Winnipeg police conducted a scalping investigation near the MTS Centre. Officers bought a playoff ticket for $600, which had an original value of $344.50, with taxes.

The ticket was seized and a 51-year-old man was given a provincial offence notice for scalping.

According to the amusement act, tickets should not be sold for a price greater than that paid.

Scott Brown, director of corporate communications with True North Sports and Entertainment, couldn't say if the scalper is a season ticket holder.

"We're very happy for the actions of the police service because we've spent a lot of time in the last three or four years warning fans of the secondary ticket market and the dangers of not only buying scalped tickets but selling tickets above the face value ot tickets, which is illegal in Manitoba," Brown said.

"We've been telling people not to do it. And to see the Winnipeg Police Service making arrest last night lends some credibility to the words that we've been telling people. So we're very pleased with the results last night."

Brown said part of the job of some of their ticket agents is to monitor online site such as StubHub and Kijiji. True North has also cancelled season ticket holder accounts because of scalping.

"There are many different avenues whether it's the wait list of the package holders. We're going to continue to work to make as many tickets as we can available that way and to protect them from that market as best they can," Brown said.

