A 10-year-old child was arrested Tuesday in Marquette-lez-Lille (Nord) driving a stolen car after a chase with the police, AFP learned on Wednesday November 3 from the Departmental Directorate of Security public.
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According to this source, the vehicle, stolen a week earlier in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, was spotted by the police in the middle of the afternoon.
He is then followed by the police, who try to intercept him.
The driver spots them, “
flees and tries by all means
” to escape the police, but he hits the sidewalk, which results in the puncture of the two wheels on the left, according to the account of the DDSP.
He then walks into a parking lot and his car - a 3008, according to another police source - hits a pole when it comes out.
The young boy finally "
fled on foot
" and was arrested for "
refusing to comply
" and "
concealing a vehicle
".
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Taken to the police station, the police realize that he has just turned 10 years old.
He was handed over to "
his civilly responsible
", according to the DDSP.