Weapons, body armour found in stolen vehicle: N.B. RCMP [Video]

Two men have been charged after police allegedly seized a loaded weapon and body armour from a stolen vehicle that fled from officers in southwestern New Brunswick.

St. Stephen RCMP tried to stop the vehicle for a traffic violation on Highway 1, near Oak Bay, N.B., around 1:50 a.m. Tuesday.

When police approached the vehicle, they say the driver made a U-turn and started driving into oncoming traffic.

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Police deployed a “tire deflation device” but the vehicle kept travelling at a low speed. It eventually came to a stop on Loop Road in Upper Mills, N.B.

The RCMP arrested two men at the scene.

Before the arrest, investigators determined the vehicle had been stolen. When they searched the vehicle, police say they found and seized a loaded weapon, a prohibited weapon, hard-plate body armour, and other items.

Kody Hiltz, 26, of St. Stephen and Patrick Thomas Harris, 40, of Hartland, N.B., …