Costa Cálida
Police chase leads to melons siezed in Cartagena
By h.b. - Jul 21, 2008 - 10:29 PM
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News comes of a spectacular police chase last week in Cartagena where the local police paid chase to a vehicle on the Cartagena- La Manga road after it avoided a police checkpoint at Los Nietos.
The chase reached speeds of 170 kms/hour according to reports and several accidents were narrowly avoided.
When finally forced off the road at La Palma the escaping driver was forced down a road with no exit and then tried to escape on foot, but was finally caught by the police.
They discovered that he was driving without a licence and that the boot of the vehicle was full of melons which the police described as being of ‘doubtful providence’.
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