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At approximately 10:00 p.m. Halifax Regional Police responded to the Canada Games Centre at 26 Thomas Raddall Avenue, Halifax, where a citizen reported that his vehicle had been stolen from the parking lot. As officers were gathering information and conducting a preliminary investigation on scene, a HRP K9 member located the stolen vehicle travelling, without its lights on, along Glenforest Drive in Halifax with a lone occupant. The K9 officer activated his emergency equipment and attempted to pull over the vehicle, however, the vehicle sped away at a high rate of speed, westbound on Glenforest Drive. As this was a residential area and given the high rate of speed that the stolen vehicle was travelling, the K9 officer terminated the pursuit. Members of the HRP West Division Quick Response Unit had previously attended the area to assist and witnessed the vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed, failing to stop for a stop sign at Willet Street before pulling into an address in the 200 block of Willett Street. A 17-year-old youth from Halifax was arrested at that location without incident, he will appear in Halifax Youth Court on Wednesday February 22 to face charges of Theft over $5000.00, Possession over $5000.00, Flight from Police, Dangerous Operation of Motor Vehicle, Impaired operation of a motor vehicle, and Breach of court orders.