A 19-year-old Summerside man is facing charges in relation to one of two stolen vehicles recovered by police on Monday.
Summerside Police Services received a call about a suspicious vehicle in the Maple Avenue area on Sept. 17 at about 12 p.m.
Police located the vehicle, but the driver had fled the area.
The vehicle, a Ford Explorer, had been reported stolen from the Conway area, and the theft of the SUV is under investigation by the RCMP.
Police identified the driver using video surveillance.
An RCMP K-9 team helped search for the suspect who was located about four hours later by members of the Prince District Joint Forces Drug Section in the parking lot of a Water Street East gas station.
Upon his arrest, the suspect was found to be in possession of what is believed to be crystal methamphetamine.
The accused will appear in court today to face charges of possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
Then, just after 4 p.m. Monday, police received a call of a suspicious vehicle in the Chelsey Court area, where they located the vehicle which matched the description of a vehicle that had been stolen from Victoria West.
The vehicle, a Chevrolet Impala, did not have a license plate and appeared to have been recently painted.
A check of the vehicle identification number confirmed it was the stolen vehicle which is being investigated by the RCMP.
Nobody was taken into custody and the vehicle was seized. The matter remains under investigation.
