A sheriff’s dog found the tracks of a drug suspect, a Columbia man who escaped the authorities after a narcotics investigation in north Columbia.

Samuel E. Haley, 36, was arrested on federal narcotic warrants after Utz, a Boone County sheriff’s tracking dog, traced out his trail from near the Red Roof Inn at 201 E. Texas Ave. to nearby Newton Drive. Haley was found hiding beneath a parked car, according to the sheriff’s department.

Haley, of 480 E. Park Lane, was arrested on a no-bond federal probation and parole warrant in connection with a narcotics possession charge as well as suspicion of resisting arrest, unlawful possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property.

The incident begam at around 10:50 PM when a sheriff deputy conducted a narcotics investigation contacted Haley who ran away into the woods near Leslie Lane and Newton. The deputy found a firearm that was said to be dropped by Haley and it was reported to be stolen in Columbia.

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers and Columbia police assisted in the search.

Haley remained today in the Boone County Jail.