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Police in Steinbach, Man., are warning parents and kids to be on the lookout after they say a suspicious man approached a group of children outside of a school Tuesday.

The three children told police a man in a black pickup truck pulled up beside them near Woodlawn School and asked them to get into his truck, sometime between 1 p.m. and 1:45 p.m., on March 17.

Between 1 & 1:45pm on Mar 17, a driver in a black truck pulled up to 3 children walking on Reimer Ave in Steinbach & asked them to get in. Kids immediately ran home. Male is thought to be 30-50 yrs old w scruffy beard & black baseball hat. Info? Call #rcmpmb @ at 204-326-4452 — RCMP Manitoba (@rcmpmb) March 19, 2020

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The children immediately ran home.

The man is described as between 30 and 50 years old, with a scruffy beard, and was wearing a black baseball hat.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 204-326-4452 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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