CALGARY -- A group of three people have been charged in connection with a fraud and stolen property investigation involving multiple locations in southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan. RCMP and the Lethbridge Police Service began an investigation after multiple frauds were reported between April 19 and June 8. On June 23, authorities were conducting surveillance on a group of individuals believed to be involved in the operation. That afternoon, police stopped a vehicle driven by one of the suspects on Highway 3 near Grassy Lake. While one of the occupants was being arrested for possession of stolen property, the other two suspects fled the scene in a truck hauling an enclosed trailer.