COPTER YOBS RAMPAGE.By PATRICK MULCHRONE A GANG suspected of trying to torch a police helicopter were arrested after a highspeed chase which left a patrol car in flames. The drama began when a window of the EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 3.1million Merseyside Police Merseyside Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England. The force area is 647 square kilometres with a population of around 1.5 million. At present the force has 4,466 police officers plus over 2,000 police staff. Eurocopter was smashed and petrol poured inside. A Mitsubishi Shogun shogun (shō`gŭn'), title of the feudal military administrator who from the 12th cent. to the 19th cent. was, as the emperor's military deputy, the actual ruler of Japan. believed to have been used by those responsible was found burned out nearby. A silver Audi A4 with blacked-out windows was then seen travelling at high speed. It was driven into the Birkenhead Tunnel, where it was abandoned and a black Audi S8 was seen racing out of the tunnel. It was followed by police into Toxteth, Liverpool, where it crashed into a police car which caught fire. One officer suffered slight injuries. Three men aged 24, 25 and 26, were arrested at the scene. Supt Jonathan Roy said: "Outstanding action by the officers resulted in the arrest of three men without injury to any member of the public." Another force is providing air cover while the helicopter is repaired. |
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