Five suspects arrested after cross-city police pursuit involving multiple stolen vehicles
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Five people are facing charges after allegedly using multiple stolen vehicles to lead officers on a cross-city quest.
Calgary police say five people are facing charges after using multiple stolen vehicles to lead officers on a cross-city quest, resulting in the seizure of two guns.
The police pursuit began just after midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 30, after police spotted a white 2014 Ford Explorer SUV with a stolen licence plate in the area of Elbow Drive S.W. and 75 Avenue S.W.
Police tried to stop the vehicle but say the driver "fled at a high rate of speed."
Officers used a HAWCS helicopter to track the vehicle, which stopped at an underground parkade in the 2000 block of Fourth Street S.W.
Police say the suspects exited the vehicle, getting into a rented white 2023 Audi A3 and leaving the parkade.
Police tried to stop the vehicle at 1:45 a.m. but say the suspects sped off once again.
While tracking the Audi with HAWCS, officers saw the suspects toss a bag in an alley in the 600 block of McIntosh Road N.E. at 2:25 a.m. As it turns out, the bag included a loaded firearm, ammunition, binoculars and duct tape, police say.
