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Stolen vehicle driven ‘very erratically’ recovered near Westwold

Stolen vehicle driven 'very erratically' recovered near Westwold | iNFOnews.ca
Along Highway 97 near Falkland yesterday afternoon where a couple was taken into custody after the truck they were driving was discovered to be stolen. Credit: Mike MacDonald/Facebook

WESTWOLD – A joyriding couple in a stolen pickup truck were stopped in their tracks by RCMP yesterday afternoon.

Police received a report around12:30 p.m. yesterday, Sept. 21, of a white Ford S350 truck, believed to have been stolen from Summerland, being driven near Falkland.  

A police helicopter out on a separate investigation spotted the truck driving 'very erratically' on a forest service road, Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy of Vernon RCMP says.

North Okanagan RCMP responded to the area near Westwold. The police deployed a spike strip, which punctured the truck’s two back tires.

Both lanes of traffic in either direction on Highway 97 were closed while the suspects were apprehended.

A 30 year-old male and 34 year-old female are currently in custody in Vernon.

Noseworthy says police have not forwarded charges and the matter is still under investigation.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Dana Reynolds at dreynolds@infonews.ca or call 250-819-6089. To contact an editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Dana Reynolds

Dana Reynolds is originally from Saskatchewan, but previous to Kamloops lived in Toronto for five years. She is well educated, obtaining her Masters of Arts from York University and Certificate of Broadcast Journalism from Seneca College. Dana has a passion for travel, having worked and studied in three foreign countries. She is a political junkie, especially as pertains the Middle East as she wrote her thesis on Muslim immigration into Europe. Dana is very excited to be in Kamloops and embark on a career in journalism with Info News.

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