A security system and a four-legged crime fighter helped get two suspects into custody after a local business was broken into for the sixth time last night.

A security alarm notified Whitehorse RCMP at 1:30 a.m. that a window at Sanchez Cantina had been smashed and some liquor taken.

Police dog Justice and handler Cpl. Rod Hamilton followed a track up and down the clay cliffs a couple of times before being led into a downtown yard, Sgt. John Sutherland, a Whitehorse RCMP spokesman, said this morning.

Two youngsters were found with some of the illicit booze and were arrested.

A 15-year-old boy was held overnight for a court appearance earlier this afternoon. A 13-year-old girl was also arrested.

It's the sixth time the Mexican restaurant on Hanson Street has been hit by vandals or burglars since late April.

Meanwhile, it was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time over the weekend for one crime victim.

But this isn't just any victim of crime. It's a red minivan.

Whitehorse RCMP officers had their first run-in with the red 1994 Plymouth Voyager early Saturday morning after receiving reports about threats at the Wolf Creek Campground.

Police were told at 12:46 a.m. that one man had threatened to get a gun and shoot another fellow. When officers arrived, the man accused of doing the threatening had just driven away in his minivan.

When a constable caught up with him, he was charged with drunk driving and the red minivan was towed to Capital Towing Services Ltd.'s yard on Gypsum Road.

But the minivan's stay proved to be considerably shorter than the standard 30-day impoundment, and it didn't take a justice minister to free it.

Some time after midnight Saturday and the early morning hours of Sunday, culprits got into Capital Towing's yard and stole the red minivan.

Plywood was used to make a bridge across a ditch, explained Sutherland.

The RCMP suspected the registered owner, who'd been charged and released on impaired driving charges the day before, may have taken the van and headed to his home. Police put the van's details on the nationwide computer system.

The local cops also notified their counterparts in Teslin. At 4:25 a.m., a Teslin constable pulled over the minivan and discovered five teenagers four male and one female sitting in the stolen vehicle. The five Whitehorse residents with no connection to the minivan's legal owner were arrested for possession of stolen property and are still under investigation.

It's not clear if a group of locals was experimenting to see how many people they could fit in a pickup, but the RCMP pulled over a stolen truck shortly after it drove by the Fourth Avenue detachment only to find seven people on board.

Initially reported stolen at 5 a.m. Saturday from a Wickstrom Road home, the 1992 Dodge pickup was spotted heading right in front of the cop shop 15 minutes later by Security Services.

The pickup had been left unlocked with the keys inside.

When the truck was pulled over and the driver informed that it was stolen, everyone in the truck looked at one of the passengers, who said it belonged to his uncle.

A few checks later, and police determined the passenger didn't know the owner and that it was indeed stolen.

A 20-year-old local man was charged with theft and possession of stolen property before being released for a July 7 court date.

Also stolen over the weekend but still missing is a black 1989 Chevrolet two-wheel drive pickup with a Yukon licence plate of BSJ 43. It was taken from a Range Road residence between 10 p.m. Sunday and 3:18 a.m. Monday.

Over in Riverdale, Mad Trapper Alleys' alarm started sounding at 3:51 a.m. Saturday after the front doors were smashed and several bottles of liquor were taken. Anyone with information is asked to call police.

A Willow Crescent homeowner returned to the residence Saturday afternoon to discover gold jewelry, coins, credit cards and a DVD player gone. Entry was forced and the Porter Creek home gone through between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Police continue to investigate.

Loose change is on the missing list from a Main Street resident's vehicle over Saturday night. A brick was thrown through the window of the van parked behind the home in an alley in the 500-block of Main Street.

Police are still investigating whether to lay charges after a three-car pileup on Second Avenue last Thursday afternoon. A red Sunfire was left with considerable front-end damage after it rear-ended a stationary taxi cab, which in turned slid forward and hit a Chevrolet Blazer.

The 33-year-old woman behind the Sunfire's wheel was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital.

Police are asking the owner of a chainsaw and accessories found at the intersection of the Alaska Highway and the North Klondike Highway late Saturday afternoon to call them and identify the equipment. Quote RCMP file number 2004-8619.