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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.

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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.

Hibbs said spike strips were used twice to immobilize the vehicle, taking out all four of the car’s tires before it came to stop just south of Black Diamond near Highway 22.