A 26-year-old Canadian Forces member is in police custody after a string of break-ins and a stabbing overnight in Victoria, B.C.

The suspect, who CTV News has learned was undergoing training as a Naval Communicator at CFB Esquimalt, was arrested early Sunday morning shortly after a police patrol car was flagged down by a stabbing victim covered in blood.

The victim, a 58-year-old Victoria man, was stabbed at around 2:45 a.m. outside his home on Admirals Road after going to investigate a noise.

Police say he confronted an unknown man who appeared to breaking into his neighbour's car and was stabbed under his chin.

He ran away with his assailant in pursuit, fortunately crossing paths with a police car a short distance from his home.

A police K9 unit tracked the suspect to another home near Constance Avenue and Astle Street, where police say he appeared to be breaking into another vehicle. He was subdued by the police dog, suffering bites to his leg.

Police recovered a box cutter and a collection of stolen property at the scene. Investigators later determined several vehicles in the area had been broken into.

Police also found the stabbing victim's home had been broken into and his phone line had been cut.

The suspect, who police say was heavily intoxicated, faces charges of aggravated assault and break and enter.