'Bad idea': Regina police arrest man after attempting to flee down wrong side of Highway 1

A simple traffic stop for an expired license plate on Friday turned into an arrest after police say a man refused to identify himself and tried fleeing down the wrong side of Highway 1.

A simple traffic stop for an expired license plate on Friday turned into an arrest after police say a man refused to identify himself and tried fleeing down the wrong side of Highway 1.

Officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 1 near Regina on Friday night after their automated license plate reader picked up an expired plate.

According to a Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan post on X, officers witnessed the passenger and the driver switching seats.

“Bad idea,” the post read.

Officers approached the vehicle and asked for identification from both of the occupants.

The woman in the driver’s seat identified herself to officers. The man in the passenger’s seat refused and closed his window, police said.

Police told the man he was under arrest — leading the man to tell the woman to drive away.