Two Red Deer men face property and drug charges after an early morning attempted theft of a trailer.
Innisfail RCMP were on routine patrol at 6 a.m. on Tuesday on Hwy 42 approaching Hwy 2 near Penhold.
Two pick up trucks were spotted, one of which was in the process of hooking up a flat bed trailer containing a skid steer loader.
Police stopped and questioned the men at the side of the road. Through their investigation police found that both the trailer and skid steer had been recently stolen from a work site near Bowden.
Both men were arrested and subsequent searched of the trucks revealed quantities of cash, narcotics, break-in tools and more stolen property.
Shawn Davis Olsen and Troy Curtis Sear, both of Red Deer face multiple charges including possession of property obtained by crime and possession of cocaine.
They will appear in Red Deer provincial court.