An investigation into a stolen truck led to a 36-year-old Regina man being charged with several drug-related offences.

It was early Wednesday morning that Regina Police Service officers found what they believed to be a stolen Dodge Ram truck in the area of Princess Street and Dewdney Avenue.

Officers would activate their emergency lights; however, the stolen truck would evade police running through several red lights before police would deploy a spike belt.

The truck would continue to drive on flat tires until it stopped in the 1100 block of Aberdeen Street. The driver then fled the vehicle on foot and was later arrested by police.

Police found fentanyl, methamphetamine, an airsoft gun, currency and paraphernalia associated with drug trafficking during a search of the man.

Thirty-six-year-old Nam Thanh Nguyen was charged with:

• Possession of a Scheduled Substance (fentanyl) for the Purpose of Trafficking,
• Possession of a Scheduled Substance (methamphetamine) for the Purpose of Trafficking,
• Possession of Stolen Property (truck) over $5,000
• Possession of Proceeds of Crime under $5,000
• Flight from Peace Officer
• Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle
• Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to Public Peace

Nguyen made his first court appearance on these charges in Provincial Court on Wednesday.