Suspected vehicle thief arrested after police pursuit

Jun 18, 2016 | 6:35 AM

KAMLOOPS — A man is in custody after an early morning police pursuit.

Shortly before 2 a.m. this morning (June 18) RCMP attempted to stop a pickup truck hauling a farm tractor on a flat deck trailer on Hillside Dr. in Kamloops. 

RCMP believe the vehicles were stolen from a business on McGill Rd.

When the driver failed to stop a spike belt was deployed, deflating the tires of the pickup.