Gang associates arrested, weapons seized following Lashburn car theft
Maidstone RCMP collaborated with other law enforcement groups to arrest multiple members of the Westside Outlaws street gang last week, after tracking a stolen car in western Saskatchewan.
Around 3 p.m. on Nov. 20, Maidstone RCMP received a report of a grey Honda car stolen from a business in Lashburn, Sask. by three males wearing red attire. They were last seen fleeing east on Highway 16 in the vehicle, followed by a small red Ford car.
Maidstone units then alerted the Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit (RTU), which was already on the highway southeast of Lashburn. The RTU located the vehicles and followed the stolen grey car, using emergency lights to instruct the stolen grey car to stop. The stolen grey car instead continued east, turned around and travelled west at a high rate of speed.
After it received confirmation the stolen grey car was still in the Lashburn area, Maidstone RCMP mobilized its partners, including the Saskatchewan Protection and Response Team (PRT), the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol on Highway 16 and Lloydminster RCMP. While the stolen grey car was being tracked, the Lashburn Fire Department advised Maidstone RCMP they received a report of a small red car on fire, east of Lashburn on Range Road 3250.