Two arrested after rideshare driver robbed at gunpoint in Prince Albert

Prince Albert police are charged a man and a woman after a vehicle was stolen at gunpoint.

A 26-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man are facing multiple charges following a stolen vehicle and robbery investigation in Prince Albert.

Officers were called around 1:40 p.m. on March 5 to the 2600 block of 2nd Avenue West for a report of a vehicle that had been stolen at gunpoint, the Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) said in a news release.

Arriving officers learned that four people had been in a rideshare when one of them pulled out a gun and forced the driver out of the vehicle.

Police tracked the stolen vehicle as it drove through the city until it was disabled on Kemp Crescent.

Shortly after, one of the suspects was located in the unit block of Bowerman Crescent and arrested without incident.

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Members of the PAPS Emergency Response Team then went to Kemp Crescent, where the remaining male and female suspects were also taken into custody.

Police say a search of the vehicle and a related residence did not turn up any evidence.

The two have been charged with possession of property obtained by crime and robbery with violence. Both are scheduled to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court on March 6.