GORHAM – The Kansas Highway Patrol chased a suspect and made an arrest just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday in Russell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman Tod Hileman said a Kansas State Trooper stopped a rental vehicle west of Hays on Interstate 70 for a moving infraction.

The trooper suspected criminal activity and called for a K9. While waiting, the driver took off.

The trooper chased the vehicle to near the Gorham exit.

The suspect avoided three sets of spike sticks. The fourth attempt blew two tires on the suspect’s vehicle.

The suspect Tyler Nally, 26, Louisville, KY, stopped and was arrested without further incident for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and felony fleeing and eluding officers according to Hileman.

Officers from Victoria and the Ellis County Sheriff’s office also were involved in the arrest.