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Mead road suspects further remanded

August 20, 2018 12:53 am

Eight men who allegedly attacked a group of Police officers on the third of this month have been further remanded.

The eight have been charged with several offenses such as failure to produce driving license, failing to obey traffic direction, dangerous driving, and criminal intimidation, damaging property, resisting arrest and driving a motor vehicle without license.

The men are alleged to have attacked three police constables and a special constable who were on patrol in Nabua.

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Police highlighted that when the officers saw the occupants of the two vehicles acting in a suspicious manner, they approached the vehicle and saw the men were armed with iron rods.

The suspects then sped from the scene and the officers chased them to the Public Rental Board’s Mead Road Housing estate where they blocked the access off to police

The eight men then allegedly attacked the police officers and their vehicle with iron rods as well as pelting them with stones.

The case will be recalled on the third of September for hearing of the bail application.