Dramatic video posted online captured part of a police chase through a school zone in a southern Alberta village that ended with three arrests and the seizure of $20,000 worth of stolen maple syrup.

The video, posted to Facebook on Wednesday by Longview resident and Foothills Fire Department member Sam Leak, shows a silver car travelling at high speeds through the small town with four police vehicles in hot pursuit.


Const. Michael Hibbs confirmed the video shows part of a chase that started northeast of Nanton just after 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday after Mounties spotted a truck and cargo trailer reported stolen out of Chestermere earlier that morning.

The driver ditched the truck and jumped into a silver car waiting nearby as officers approached.

The car took off and led officers from Turner Valley, Nanton, High River and Claresholm on a chase, ending with the arrest of two women and one man.