RCMP officers arrested a man at the scene of a break and enter in progress in the RM of East St. Paul at around 11 p.m. on Saturday.

Police report the 23-year-old Springfield man was driving on Highway 59 near MacGregor Farm Road when his car went into a ditch.

Officers said a suspect then broke into a nearby home and cut himself while entering through a broken window.

When officers arrived at the home, the bleeding suspect was attempting to flee the scene in another vehicle being driven by a family member, who had come to pick him up, police said.

The suspect was charged with breaking and entering.