A man is facing charges in an armed standoff with RCMP that closed a highway northwest of Edmonton.
Mounties say it started when officers stopped a stolen vehicle near Faust on Wednesday around noon.
The lone male occupant stopped for police, then fled into a wooded area, and stole another vehicle using a firearm.
Police closed Highway 33 between the junction of Highway 2 and Swan Hills and the stolen vehicle was found on Highway 33, and after a brief pursuit the vehicle lost control went into the ditch.
The suspect was armed and barricaded in the vehicle and when police went to arrest him he threatened to take his own life.
Police say a 42-year-old man was arrested without incident early Wednesday and the highway was reopened shortly after.
His name nor the charges have been released.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version had Tuesday.
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