HE PAS, Man. -- Schools and businesses in a Manitoba aboriginal community were briefly locked down after reports of two youths wandering the streets with a firearm.

RCMP in The Pas say they got a call Thursday morning about two youths walking on the Opaskwayak Cree reserve near the Saskatchewan boundary.

Officers locked down schools and businesses on the reserve and in The Pas as a precaution.

RCMP say two youths from the First Nation were found with an air pistol and arrested.

The lockdown was lifted early Thursday afternoon.