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Police make 'high-risk stop' on SR 14 to arrest robbery suspects

The westbound lanes on SR 14 were blocked by the police activity. Commuters were guided onto the shoulder to keep traffic moving, but it resulted in major delays.

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Two Portland armed robbery suspects were arrested Wednesday morning after the Vancouver Police Department made a "high-risk vehicle stop" on State Route 14 between Columbia House Boulevard and Interstate 5.

The armed robbery allegedly occurred shortly before 7 a.m. at TJ's Express coffee shop near North Whitaker Road and North Schmeer Road in Portland. Based off a witness report, Portland and Vancouver police were told that the suspect had left the scene in a white Ford F-250 truck.

Vancouver officers spotted the suspect truck and tried to make a traffic stop but the driver refused to stop and led police on a short chase on SR 14 before officers used intervention techniques to stop the truck.

The suspects were taken into custody and taken to a Vancouver hospital for treatment of a medical condition police say they believe was connected to illegal drug use.

Nobody was injured during the robbery.

The westbound lanes of SR 14 were blocked by the police activity. Commuters were guided onto the shoulder to keep traffic moving, but it resulted in major delays.

VIDEO: Police activity causes traffic jam on SR 14

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