A 22-year-old has been charged with numerous firearm offenses after fleeing police on a bicycle.

The Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) encountered the male while searching for two armed suspects in Winnipeg's North End May 2.

in the 500 block of Selkirk Avenue.

The man was armed with two knives and a sawed-off .303 rifle. He was also in possession of assorted ammunition, police say.

WPS says the man was found to be not connected with the initial incident but was wanted and violating several conditions of a release order.