“The driver ignored the lawful demands of the police to stop the vehicle and tried to escape. While driving, he fired several volleys from a pyrotechnic device towards the patrol car.

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In accordance with the law “On Police”, one of the police officers fired a warning shot from a service weapon, and then at the wheels of the vehicle. The foreign car was stopped, the offender was detained.

It turned out that the driver was a 36-year-old local resident with clear signs of drug intoxication. The driver was sent for a medical examination. Protocols were drawn up against him on administrative offenses provided for in Articles 12.8, 12.25 and 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation,” said Natalia Kulikova, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Voronezh Region.

And in the luggage compartment of the vehicle there was a wild animal – a caracal. The police turned to the management of the Voronezh Zoo to assist in the removal of the animal. The specialists who arrived at the place placed the caracal in a cage and took the predator to the zoo for temporary overexposure.