PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A chase in Prince Albert, Sask. on Monday has resulted in a drug bust.
It started when Mounties from the Saskatchewan combined forces special enforcement unit tried to stop a vehicle near the intersection of Tower Road and Highway 11 in the northern Saskatchewan city.
The driver refused to stop and damaged two police vehicles in an attempt to flee and eventually ran off the road at the intersection of Donnybrook Road and Highway 2.
Get breaking National news
A woman in the car, 20-year-old Taylor Jael Vandresar, believed to be from Saskatchewan, gave up to police.
The driver, 32-year-old Ryan John Connell, believed to be from Alberta, fled on foot. He was tracked down a short time later by a Prince Albert Police Service canine unit.
Investigators seized 505 grams of crystal meth, 279 grams of soft cocaine and 83 grams of crack cocaine from the vehicle.
Connell has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failing to stop for police and breach of probation. No court date has been set.
Charges against Vandresar are pending.
Both were injured in the crash and treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
- Tumbler Ridge shooting: What we know about the firearms and gun laws
- Carney tells Tumbler Ridge ‘we will always be with you’ at shooting vigil
- ‘We now have to figure out how to live life without her’: Mother of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim speaks
- Indian man pleads guilty to plotting Sikh separatist’s assassination in NYC
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.