American police suited a pursuit of the armored vehicle
It lasted almost two hours.
Witnesses of an unusual chase became residents of the city of Richmond in Virginia. By evening the streets cut through the armored vehicle, which first took over the tank.
It turned out that the car was stolen from the military base Fort Pickett National guard soldiers.
This is INSANE! Someone has hijacked a “Tank-like” vehicle from Fort Pickett and just drove it by our apartment! This is on Broad Street in the Fan. pic.twitter.com/EYfhFux1dk
— Parker Slaybaugh (@ParkerSlay89) June 6, 2018
The announcement came the police at eight in the evening, and to detain the offender was only two hours later.
First, the armored vehicle spotted on a suburban road, where the chase began. But the soldiers did not want to surrender, and therefore continued his journey and ended up in downtown Richmond, where their formidable appearance began to frighten the local residents.
WITH VIDEO Police arrest suspect after stolen tank was driven through the streets in Virginia https://t.co/iIWYzWDLaT
— SeánO’SheaGLOBALTV (@ConsumerSOS) June 6, 2018
In the comments to the videos that the witnesses began to publish in social networks, stated that the maximum speed of the war machine only 65 kilometers per hour, but because the chase was at least noisy, but very slow.
According to the police, no guns on the APC has not been established, the thief was not armed, so to detain him tried in a peaceful way.
However, after stopping the transport of the guardians of the rule of law still had to use a Taser to a violent soldier, after which he was taken to a local hospital. About the motives of the theft and the punishment is not known.