Canadian Officer Hit with Bear Spray Responding to Breaking and Entering

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are looking for a stolen Ford F350 truck after a Grande Prairie officer was assaulted with bear spray early Tuesday.

The vehicle's occupants are considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, RCMP said in a news release.

Grande Prairie RCMP were called to a break-and-enter at a rural property northeast of the city around 4 a.m.

An officer went to the area and tried to confront the driver of a vehicle. While talking with the people inside the Mountie was bear sprayed.

He called for help, but the suspects ran off on foot before more officers arrived.

Police believe the suspects then stole a white 2015 Ford F350 FXR truck, the CBC reports.