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A group of Alberta farmers involved in an act of vigilante justice where at least two gunshots were fired in the air will not be facing charges.

Const. Mike Hibbs with the Alberta RCMP said on Wednesday the Hanna RCMP detachment would not be laying charges against locals who banded together to track down a stolen vehicle last month.

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The incident happened Jan. 17 when three people fled from Mounties near Brooks in a stolen truck before allegedly stealing another vehicle from a garage 20 minutes north of Hanna, some 212 kilometres northeast of Calgary.

Two shots were fired in the air by one of the farmers in an attempt to stop an altercation with suspects who were stuck in a snowbank, the RCMP said in a statement.

Police said no one was injured when the shots were fired.

Mounties arrested Jesse James Den Hollander, 36, Jimmy Delane Morsette, 30, and Angela Lewis, 19, at the scene and charges were laid against the trio in relation to the vehicle thefts.