A 35-year-old man suspected of illegal drug use who allegedly rammed a police vehicle in Kaohsiung and fled early yesterday morning was taken into custody hours later in Tainan, authorities said.
The Kaohsiung Police Department’s Sinsing Precinct said officers on patrol noticed a vehicle illegally parked at the corner of Mingxing Street and Nantai Road at 3:25am.
Officers who approached the car found that it was full of a strong-smelling smoke, and got one of the occupants — a 17-year-old male in the passenger seat — to exit the vehicle for questioning, the department said.
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The car’s driver, a 35-year-old man surnamed Huang (黃), initially pretended to comply with the officers’ instructions, before starting the car and attempting to flee, police said.
As Huang fled, he allegedly reversed his vehicle into the front right side of a police car and knocked an officer to the ground. Officers fired six shots at the back tires of Huang’s vehicle but were unable to stop him from escaping.
The officer who was injured later received stitches for a laceration on his left forearm, the department said.
Kaohsiung police said they continued tracking Huang’s vehicle using technical means, while also notifying Tainan police as he fled in that direction.
Officers located and arrested Huang at 11:35am in Tainan’s Yongkang District (永康), seizing an undisclosed quantity of ketamine, police said.
Huang would be drug tested to determine whether he had been driving under the influence, Kaohsiung police said.
Following questioning, he would be turned over to prosecutors on suspicion of offenses against public safety and other crimes, the department said.
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