Footprints left in the snow led to arrest of a man allegedly in search of alcohol. 

At 10:15 p.m. on Jan. 2, Salmon Arm RCMP received a report of a man attempting to break into vehicles along Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Road. The caller said the suspect departed after being confronted. 

The complainant and some friends followed the suspect's foot prints in the snow, tracking them to a nearby residence with a rental suite, said Salmon Arm RCMP Const. Andrew Hodges in a media release.

"The footprints appeared to have entered the suite, then departed again to a different nearby residence," Hodges continued. "The complainant and his friends tracked the prints to that residence and located the same man they had caught trying to break into vehicles."

Hodges said the suspect admitted breaking into the residence in search of loose alcohol. 

Salmon Arm RCMP arrived on scene and arrested the suspect for break and enter and mischief. The man was later released with a future court date.