3 Suspected Of Kidnapping After Woodland Hills, Calabasas Chase

WOODLAND HILLS, CA -- Two men and a woman were jailed Saturday morning, suspected of carjacking and kidnapping a woman then leading deputies on a chase from Calabasas to Woodland Hills. A deputy from the sheriff's Lost Hills Station pulled over a gray SUV for a traffic violation near Westward Way and Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu at 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

As the deputy detained a passenger, he noticed drug paraphernalia inside the SUV and the driver fled, Schrader said.

Near the scene of the initial stop, a citizen witnessed the suspects toss a black bag from the SUV. It was recovered by the citizen and turned over to deputies, who discovered it contained a handgun, Schrader said.

Deputies later located the victim, who they believe was carjacked and kidnapped. She was not hurt, Schrader said.

The SUV was located by deputies in a sheriff's helicopter in Calabasas and a deputy initiated a pursuit of the vehicle, which ended at 6:15 p.m. Friday near Burbank Boulevard and Canoga Avenue in Woodland Hills, Schrader said.

Two suspects ran from the vehicle and were quickly apprehended. A third person was also taken into custody.

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