Two Saskatoon men are facing numerous charges after a confrontation in Brandon, Man., on Thursday that included a police officer being dragged by a stolen SUV.
It started when police received a call on Wednesday that a man was punching a woman in a SUV.
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Witnesses told police the man was driving a black Audi SUV with a Saskatchewan license plate and may have been armed with a handgun.
Officers located the SUV early Thursday morning in a hotel parking lot.
A records check determined the 31-year-old man had a lengthy and violent criminal record, and was supposed to be keeping a daily curfew at a home in Saskatoon.
When the man and a woman finally left the hotel early in the afternoon, police tried to stop him.
That’s when the officer was dragged a short distance as the driver tried to elude police. The officer was not injured.
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The chase ended when the SUV crashed in the rail yard under the 1st Street Bridge.
The woman was arrested while the man fled on foot.
A search turned up the man hiding in a shed in the back of a nearby home.
The SUV was found to have been reported stolen in Saskatoon.
After his arrest, police raided a home.
A second 31-year-old man from Saskatoon was arrested and police said they seized a number of guns and a red Dodge truck reported stolen from Prince Albert, Sask.
Both men and the woman are expected to appear in a Brandon courtroom on Friday.
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