A mentally disabled 46-year-old man who was inside a pickup stolen in west Edmonton Tuesday was found unharmed just after 5 p.m., 10 blocks from where the truck was stolen.

RCMP recovered the stolen vehicle in Stony Plain, west of Edmonton, around 4:45 p.m., Edmonton police said.

A second angle of vehicle-theft suspect. (Edmonton Police Service) Police continue to search for the suspect, they said in a news release.

The 46-year-old, who functions at the level of a seven-year-old child, was inside a pickup truck stolen from Meadowlark Health and Shopping Centre at 159th Street and 87th Avenue before 2:30 p.m.

The truck, a 1977 maroon Chevrolet Silverado, had been left running with the passenger inside.

After it was stolen, the truck was seen travelling northbound in the area of 156th Street and 95th Avenue, police said.

The suspect is described as a man in his 20s, five-feet-five inches tall with an average build. He was seen wearing a grey jacket and a ball cap. He has tattoos on his hands.