Le Figaro Bordeaux
In the vehicle, ammunition, a knife... and a katana.
Thrown out the window during the escape: a loaded long gun, narcotics and bolt cutters.
This is the spoils of a chase that took place this Friday, December 16 in the town of Oradour-sur-Vayres (Haute-Vienne), following a refusal to comply.
At the end of the afternoon, a patrol from the motorized brigade of Rochechouart carried out an anti-delinquency operation in the town, under the authority of the public prosecutor.
The gendarmes were then confronted with a refusal to comply and an important device was immediately put in place by the brigade of the department in order to arrest the vehicle in violation.
His driving being particularly dangerous, the inhabitants of the sector were invited to stay at home and inform the gendarmerie.
The driver placed in a remand center
"
The nocturnal checks and searches set up in the field with the support of a dog handler and a helicopter equipped with a projector, allow the arrest of the driver and the consideration of his passenger around 8:00 p.m. a locality in the town of Champsac, in a meadow where the vehicle ended its race
, ”explain the gendarmes of Saint-Junien in a press release.
The driver and the passenger fled from the vehicle and hid in the thickets, "
where they will be discovered by the soldiers on foot
".
The driver was immediately placed in police custody for "
refusal to comply, driving despite judicial cancellation of the driver's license, lack of vehicle insurance, endangering the lives of others, repeated driving after drug use and possession of 130 grams of narcotic herbal cannabis products
”.
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The motorist, "
unfavorably known to justice
", was brought before the public prosecutor's office and placed under arrest warrant at the Limoges remand center, pending his trial by appearance at a deferred time for the facts with which he is charged.
“
The investigation into the weapon continues.
The passenger, after being placed in police custody, was released at the end of the weekend
, ”specifies the gendarmerie.
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