A pursuit by police ended with the arrest of two individuals near Bergen.
Didsbury RCMP received a report of a possible impaired driver at around 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 10.
According to RCMP Sgt. Jeff Jacobson, during police patrols in search of the vehicle described as a red F150 truck, an officer located the vehicle turning off of Hwy. 582 and on to Rge. Rd. 3-1.
“The officer attempted to stop the vehicle and the vehicle did come to a stop,” Jacobson said.
“As the officer approached the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle stepped on the gas and took off from him.”
A different RCMP member found the truck turning on to Hwy. 766.
“It increased in speed as it passed the second member,” Jacobson added.
“The vehicle then turned on to 582 westbound and fled the scene.”
According to Jacobson, about an hour later police received a call about a red Ford F150 that had gone through a camp area south of Bergen.
“It became high-centred in a field area,” Jacobson said, adding the RCMP confirmed that the found vehicle was the same from the earlier incident.
The occupants exited the vehicle and fled the scene, police said.
“Subsequently, with the assist of the RCMP police dog service there was cornered off an extensive search that was conducted for these individuals,” Jacobson said.
Two individuals were apprehended several hours later in a bush area.
“They came up in front of a fish and wildlife officer,” Jacobson said.
Police say the man was under the influence of drugs at the time of the arrest.
Charges are pending against a 27-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl, both from the Calgary area.
Charges are pending against the man with relation to flight from police and the traffic safety act. Police are also pursuing charges connected to simple possession of a controlled substance. Jacobson said the man was found in possession of a small amount of crack cocaine and 14 grams of crystal meth. The man was on a community sentence order at the time of the offence.
The girl, believed to have been the passenger of the vehicle may be charged with being a party to flight from police and a charge under the youth probation act.
