Philipsburg:--- On Thursday January 6th at approximately 10:50 am, a Philipsburg police patrol spotted the pink Daihatsu Charade with license plate P-5984 which recently was reported stolen driving on the crossing of Zagersgut road and Coralita road. At that time, the patrol could not determine how many persons were in the car or who the persons were in the car, because of the dark tinted windows. The police indicated to the driver of the car to stop however, instead of slowing down the driver increased his speed and drove into Tassel drive in an attempt to escape from the police. A high speed chase started on that same road towards Mary's Fancy hill. After several attempts to stop the car and seeing how dangerous and serious the situation had become two shots were fired by police at the tires of the car to force the driver to stop. The driver did not stop and continued fleeing from police. While driving up the hill the police noticed that the vehicle had stopped and that two unknown men jumped out of the car and took off running through the bushes. Several police patrols who were sent to assist started searching the area for the suspects. Shortly after both suspects were arrested. They were both taken to the Philipsburg police station and handed over to the Detective Department for further investigation.The investigation done on the car showed that one of the shots penetrated the gas tank causing all the fuel to leak out. During a search of the area several tools such as a crowbar, gloves and screwdrivers, which are used to commit break ins were found and confiscated. The investigation is ongoing.
Philipsburg:--- On Thursday January 6th at approximately 10:50 am, a Philipsburg police patrol spotted the pink Daihatsu Charade with license plate P-5984 which recently was reported stolen driving on the crossing of Zagersgut road and Coralita road. At that time, the patrol could not determine how many persons were in the car or who the persons were in the car, because of the dark tinted windows. The police indicated to the driver of the car to stop however, instead of slowing down the driver increased his speed and drove into Tassel drive in an attempt to escape from the police. A high speed chase started on that same road towards Mary's Fancy hill. After several attempts to stop the car and seeing how dangerous and serious the situation had become two shots were fired by police at the tires of the car to force the driver to stop. The driver did not stop and continued fleeing from police. While driving up the hill the police noticed that the vehicle had stopped and that two unknown men jumped out of the car and took off running through the bushes. Several police patrols who were sent to assist started searching the area for the suspects. Shortly after both suspects were arrested. They were both taken to the Philipsburg police station and handed over to the Detective Department for further investigation.The investigation done on the car showed that one of the shots penetrated the gas tank causing all the fuel to leak out. During a search of the area several tools such as a crowbar, gloves and screwdrivers, which are used to commit break ins were found and confiscated. The investigation is ongoing.
