Nighttime chase in Kuusalu: Police shoot tire of stolen Range Rover
Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Police in Kuusalu found a Range Rover stolen from a Tallinn auto repair shop a few hours earlier.
- The driver tried to flee across a field after seeing officers, who fired a service weapon to stop the vehicle.
A tense police operation unfolded overnight in Kuusalu after officers found a Range Rover stolen from Tallinn only a few hours earlier.
The man behind the wheel tried to escape across a field when he saw the police. Officers used a service weapon to stop him, shooting at the vehicle’s tire.
The incident began shortly before midnight on Saturday, September 5, when police were called to an auto repair shop on Tuukri Street in central Tallinn. Initial information indicated that someone had broken into the workshop garage and stolen the Range Rover.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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