A man and woman were arrested on Sunday after multiple carjacking attempts across Calgary.
According to a Calgary Police Service spokesperson, the attempts happened between 4 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. in the neighbourhoods of Pineridge, Falconridge and Rundle.
Police said the man and the woman, aged 21 and 22 respectively, were driving a stolen truck and drove to the neighbourhoods to attempt to carjack vehicles. All the attempts failed.
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Police said the owner of the vehicle ran away in the incident in Pineridge. In the incident in Rundle, the man and woman didn’t know how to drive a manual vehicle.
Police also said multiple people tried to discourage the carjack in Falconridge.
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According to CPS, the man and woman eventually crashed the truck in the area of Village Square Leisure Centre and fled on foot. Police added the truck was a Ford F-150 that was stolen sometime between 12 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. in an undisclosed neighbourhood in the northeast.
Police found and arrested the pair in the backyard of a residence in Pineridge.
Police said the two haven’t been charged yet but could be facing multiple charges.
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