RCMP hunt for 3 suspects who may have posed as police during Chilliwack carjacking

RCMPin Chilliwack, B.C., are asking the public for help identifyingthree suspects who might have been posing as police officers before they carjacked a vehicle and its driverearlylast Thursday morning.

Officers were called to reports of thecarjacking near the Cultus Lake and Vedder Road roundabout at6:15 a.m., PT, Jan.7, RCMP said in a statement.

A man who was driving near the roundabout stopped for a vehicle displaying emergency red and blue "wig-wag" lights in the windshield, police wrote.

Three suspectstook over the man's carat gunpoint, driving away with the man still inside, the statement said.

RCMP said the suspects drove away after releasing the victimfrom his own car alongNo. 3 Road near the Trans-Canada Highway in Chilliwack.

Fortunately, noone was injured during the incident, police said. Thevehicle has not yet been located.

Anyone with information or who might have seen a grey 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe with B.C. licence plate FN562H in the areais asked to call RCMP at 604-792-4611or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.