Police Service Dog Marook recently helped track down a male suspect after a traffic stop attempt failed at a location in Dauphin, Manitoba.
Dauphin RCMP recently conducted a traffic stop on Mountain Avenue in Dauphin as part of an ongoing investigation. When the officer attempted to stop the vehicle by activating the lights and sirens on the police vehicle, the suspect vehicle fled at a high rate of speed.
Police say that the suspect vehicle ran a red light on Main Street and struck another vehicle, subsequently spinning and then striking a 26-year-old male pedestrian. The suspect vehicle then continued and struck a parked vehicle. At this time, the driver and passenger fled on foot.
Members were soon after able to apprehend the passenger who was then taken into custody.
An RCMP drone operator, along with Police Service Dog Marook, were now engaged to track the driver. Members say that the suspect was located after tracking them across the Vermillion River.
Officers say that a search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of a loaded shotgun, a large sum of Canadian currency, and a substance believed to be cocaine.
The pedestrian was then transported to local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Members noted that the driver of the vehicle that was struck was not physically injured.
RCMP report that the driver, 26-year-old Samuel Flatfoot of Dauphin, is facing numerous charges related to this incident, including flight from a peace officer and possession for the purpose of trafficking. The passenger, 22-year-old Marcus George of Swan River, is also facing charges in connection to this incident.
