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Mounties in Red Deer say during a five-day “warrant round-up” last week, they arrested 45 people and executed 110 warrants.

The round-up, which took place Dec. 15 and between Dec. 19 and 22, resulted in RCMP clearing 142 charges and laying several new charges.

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RCMP say people targeted in the sweep included prolific property crime offenders, domestic violence offenders, people active in identity, mail and credit card theft, and repeat traffic offenders.

“Most of the offenders arrested had warrants for failing to appear in court and failing to comply with court-imposed conditions on top of the original crimes they were charged for,” RCMP said in a news release.

Those apprehended included a 28-year-old who was wanted on four warrants, including charges for a personal robbery in which the victim was stabbed, and another 28-year-old woman flagged as a prolific offender, who was found hiding in a closet. She was wanted on 19 outstanding warrants for various property crimes, failing to comply with conditions and failing to appear in court.

“One prolific male offender who was picked up in Red Deer’s August warrant round-up and found to be in possession of meth was arrested again as part of the December warrant round-up after failing to appear in court; he was again located by police, arrested, and found to be in possession of meth,” RCMP said.

Mounties also arrested multiple people who were wanted on warrants for repeated traffic charges, failing to pay the fines and failing to appear in court. The total charges one man was facing for unpaid fines was $4,500 at the time of his arrest, RCMP said.