By CHAT News Today

Three in custody following pursuit near Bassano

Jul 18, 2018 | 10:39 AM

BASSANO, AB – RCMP in Bassano arrested three people following a pursuit through rural highways and farmers’ fields on Tuesday morning.

According to a release, officers received a call from an alarm at a business in Hussar at approximately 4:30 a.m. When they arrived at the building, officers determined a break and enter had occurred, and suspects allegedly removed the ATM from the building.

Three hours later, officers received a call of an attempt theft at a rural property north of Bassano, where the victim was following the suspects. While following the vehicle, one suspect allegedly leaned out of the moving vehicle and pointed a long gun at the victim. The victim stopped following, and was not injured.

RCMP located the vehicle and initiated a pursuit, which ran through the rural area near Bassano and ended when the suspect’s vehicle was stuck in a field.

RCMP officers from Drumheller, Brooks and Gleichen, along with the Calgary Police Service helicopter assisted in arrested an adult man and an adult woman at the scene. A third suspect, an adult male, fled the scene on foot and was apprehended by an RCMP police dog.

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All three suspects, who have not yet been named, remain in custody, and charges are pending.