Possession of stolen goods, flight, dangerous driving, possession of burglary tools and breach of probation: these are the charges that could be laid against a 20-year-old man intercepted early this evening at the wheel of a stolen SUV. The police intervention occurred around midnight 30 on Wednesday, January 31, on Highway 20 in Vaudreuil-Dorion. 

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The driver was traveling eastbound on this highway, near Rivière-Beaudette, when Sûreté du Québec officers from the Vaudreuil-Soulanges station attempted to intercept him. However, the driver refused to stop, prompting the officers to use a nail mat. 

This tactic resulted in the young man coming to a halt eastbound at kilometer 30 in Vaudreuil-Dorion, according to SQ spokeswoman Ève Brochu-Joubert. The police then proceeded to arrest him. The investigation revealed that the SUV had been reported stolen in Ontario in recent days.