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Police officer in India clings to car roof during chase of tobacco smugglers

Summary

A police sergeant in India's Tamil Nadu state clung to a car's roof rack for more than 40 kilometres during a chase of three men suspected of tobacco smuggling, after they allegedly tried to drive at officers at a toll booth. The chase ended with the arrest of the three suspects near the Mangalam junction in Tiruppur, with police seizing the vehicle and around 250 kilograms of a substance suspected to be the banned smokeless tobacco product gutkha.

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Extract from the source

POLICIJSKI narednik iz indijske savezne države Tamil Nadu držao se za krovne nosače jurećeg SUV-a više od 40 kilometara tijekom potjere za trojicom osumnjičenih krijumčara

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Locations

  • Tirupur · City / settlement

    Place named; boundary not confirmed.

Places mentioned in the report

  • where it happenedTirupur - chase ended near the Mangalam junction in Tiruppur

Sources (3)

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How the signal is calculated
Signal strength38

Total — moderate signal (20–39)

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