( CNN ) -- Two people were arrested and 12 others were taken into custody Tuesday following a police chase in Phoenix , Arizona , in what authorities described as a human smuggling incident . `` The truck arrived into the U.S. just this morning from Mexico , '' said James Holmes , spokesman for the Phoenix Police Department . `` It is a human smuggling incident . '' The chase began in southeast Phoenix at about 5:15 a.m. and wound up on the city 's west side , said Robert Bailey , spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety . Fourteen people were in the truck -- nine in the truck 's bed , three in its extended cab and two up front , Bailey said . All were undocumented immigrants , he said . The truck 's driver along with its owner , who was also in the vehicle , were arrested and face charges of human smuggling and felony flight , Bailey said . Authorities attempted to stop the truck after officers saw it tailgating other motorists on Interstate 10 westbound , Holmes said . The truck pulled over , then took off as a Department of Public Safety officer approached . The officer chased it but backed off as instructed after the truck began driving erratically , he said . Police lost the truck , and a chopper from CNN affiliate KNXV-TV in Phoenix helped them find it , Holmes said . Meanwhile , the truck also happened to pull up next to another Department of Public Safety officer and took off again , using surface streets for a while and getting on and off the interstate , nearly running over a motorcycle officer , Holmes said . Phoenix police finally stopped the truck . `` One after another , people start getting out , '' Holmes said . CNN 's Melanie Whitley contributed to this report .
12 arrested , Two in custody after police chase in Phoenix , Mexico . The truck arrived in Phoenix from Mexico , police spokesman says . `` It is a human smuggling incident , '' he says . Truck led officers on chase through Arizona .