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Brazilian police ram airplane to stop smugglers
Believe it or not, this isn't a leaked scene from the set of Lethal Weapon 5; it's just another day at the office for a few heroic members of the Brazilian Federal Police.
In what is sure to be the highlight of these officers' careers, a video uploaded to YouTube yesterday shows police in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil chasing down a group of smugglers attempting to take off in a small aircraft.
After gaining enough speed to catch up with the aircraft, the driver decides that the best course of action is to ram straight through the plane's wing, disabling the craft and allowing officers to arrest five suspects after a month-long investigation.
We're still wondering if there's a Federal Police policy for this sort of thing, or if the officers were just... winging it.
Filed under: Stories, South America, Brazil, Video, News, Travel Security
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
vic Nov 2nd 2011 5:41PM
DOES THIS STUPID COPS KNOW THAT THE FUEL IS LOCATED INSIDE THE WINGS,!
caloy2x Nov 2nd 2011 5:41PM
That's what a law enforcement officer should be, brave and not thinking about redtape policy.
Ralph Nov 3rd 2011 11:05PM
Holy crap! That was totally awesome! Go Brazil!!!!
gold7246 Nov 2nd 2011 5:41PM
From one cop to another, GREAT JOB!!
sam junior Nov 2nd 2011 5:40PM
brave officers,seems like a sciene from a movie but it was just incredibly courageous.
jktejas Nov 2nd 2011 5:40PM
Wow!!......Bravo.....Bravo.....Bravo.......great job on the runway. However, running with a gun toward the smuggles without a helmet or bullet proof vest was either incredibly brave or very reckless....or both. In any event....Congratulations to Brazil's law enforcement.
Vasco Bruno Nov 2nd 2011 6:20PM
Congratulations to Brazilian Federal Police.
It is getting better and better.
The problem is the lack of resources .
So the Officers are really very brave!!!
JohnL Nov 2nd 2011 6:36PM
bad guys in Brazil have the right to be shot dead if they don't get on the ground instantly and shut the f--k up.
cops in Brazil don't screw around
terry Nov 2nd 2011 6:51PM
Now thats some Cops! Dirty Harry alive and well in South America.........if all criminals were treated like the scum they are with lethal force half of the crime would go away!
Just my Opinion!
Bob Nov 2nd 2011 7:21PM
That is the way you treat drug smugglers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gonsalvo Ballsack Nov 2nd 2011 7:43PM
That's what happens when you WANT to get rid of drug smuggling.
kassie719 Nov 2nd 2011 8:23PM
Commending these officers for their bravery and for doing what needs to be done to stop drug smugglers. Did you see this, Bammer?
jktejas Nov 2nd 2011 8:34PM
I will assume that for operationaol safety and effectiveness that the identity of the officers will not be publicized. But am I the only one who thinks that from the back the officer looks like Benecio Del Toro's Mexican cop character in "Traffic?"
g.carlson Nov 2nd 2011 9:07PM
Will that airplane come up for auction? I would like to bid on it!
Randy Nov 2nd 2011 9:26PM
Good job by the Brazilians. I hope none of the drug runners are American, or sure as shit there will be a bunch of two-bit lawyers on their way down there to "protect their clients' rights". In Brazil, they'll get what's coming to them... lots of years in a no nonsense prison: no ping pong tables, basketball courts or color TVs.
mnestrt Nov 3rd 2011 12:02AM
Awsome! Perhaps in the future as a reward for these officer's bravery, Brazilian drug enforcement vehicles should be equipped with heat seeking missles.
judo ma who doo Nov 3rd 2011 12:01AM
now thats what i call cop work
good job !!!!!!!!!!!
wow holy shit !!!!!!!!!!!
these guys aint playin games
outta sight man dirty harry all the way
sargent stadanko cheech and chong all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bill Nov 3rd 2011 1:57AM
great job guys good thing you don't have my as,&^%le chief. god bless brothers
Jakeline Nov 3rd 2011 5:04AM
kkkkkk muito massa, assim tem que ser... Via lá bixo!!!
hammerdwn Nov 3rd 2011 6:37AM
Dirty Harry alive and well could have been up in smoke if the 32 gallons of 100 low lead in the wing tanks had ignited. I think the tail would have been my choice for point of impact and would have disabled plane just as well with less risk to Dirt Harry.