Suspect arrested after spike belt stops stolen vehicle
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Police used a spike belt to bring a stolen vehicle to a halt north of Vernon.
On Saturday around 3 a.m., officers working in the North Rural were advised a stolen vehicle was heading northbound on Highway 97A from Vernon. However, the incident began much earlier in the evening at around 8:45 pm on Friday night when frontline officers were advised to be on the lookout for a white SUV which had been stolen from a neighbouring jurisdiction.
A short time later, a vehicle of a similar description was involved in thefts from vehicles in the Enderby area. While police were conducting an investigation, a report was received at 1 a.m. of a near head on collision in Coldstream with a vehicle of a similar description. Police conducted numerous patrols but were unable to locate the vehicle which had taken off at a high rate of speed.
At 2:30 am, officers responded to an attempted break and enter at a business in the 3100 block of 29th Avenue in Vernon where a white SUV had been seen leaving the scene.
