RCMP from Airdrie, Beiseker, Three Hills and the Calgary Police Service were brought in earlier this week to pursue and arrest a man driving a stolen truck. 

The 41-year-old man from Olds was pursued by Airdrie RCMP and the HAWCS Helicopter after travelling northbound on Highway 2 on August 14th.

Police were not able to stop the truck but did apprehend the suspect the next morning thanks to a tip from a Good Samaritan.

Beiseker RCMP had received calls about a man covered in mud and acting strangely near the town of Acme.

A resident stopped and picked up the man after saying he had driven into a creek.

He was dropped off at a restaurant in Linden where RCMP later found him.

The man will make his first court appearance in Airdrie on August 23rd.

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