THIEVES CAPTURED.
LENGTHY MOTOR CHASE. NEW POLICE SQUAD'S FEAT. Sun< LONDON, Aug. 19. Scotland Yard's new high-speed motor flying squad gained its first victory early this morning. The police motorists saw four men who were supposed to have stolen a car at Hammersmith. They chased them for 20 miles, through Richmond, Putney and Clapham along dark and deserted streets till they overtook the car. The men ran away, but three of them were caught. They were charged at a Police Court. On the chase' a speed was maintained for most of the way of 70 miles an hour. It was never less than 35 miles an hour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19721, 22 August 1927, Page 9
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107THIEVES CAPTURED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19721, 22 August 1927, Page 9
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