Police helicopter helps in arresting teenager after fleeing traffic stop

Winnipeg Police Service Air1 helicopter. (WPS)

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested following assistance from the Winnipeg Police Service’s Air1 helicopter after fleeing a traffic stop.

Shortly after midnight on June 29, North District patrol officers tried to stop the driver of a 2005 Honda Civic after going through a red light at Euclid Avenue and Austin Street.

Police said the driver continued to the 1-99 block of Higgins Avenue and fled on foot after abandoning the vehicle.

The Air1 helicopter responded and tracked the teenager to the 100 block of Agnus Street where officers took him into custody.

A search during the arrest resulted in the seizure of cash, a drug score sheet, multiple cell phones and 34 individually packaged rocks of cocaine with an estimated value of $1,200.

The teenager was charged with several Highway Traffic Act offences and possessing drugs for the purpose of trafficking.

He was released on an undertaking.