 The high-profile crimes had also attracted major police attention and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was closing in.On the morning of January 20, 1983, all five were captured on the road to their training area by an RCMP tactical unit disguised as a road crew.The apprehension occurred on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, just south of Squamish, giving rise to the name the media attached to the group.