Suspect shot by cops arrested after night hiding in forest
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Police arrested a suspect in Nantou County today after the man had been shot while escaping from a police roadblock yesterday afternoon.
Police from Renai Township set up a road block in Wushe yesterday, August 17, to intercept suspected wood poachers in the mountain district.
At around 5:40 pm, officers attempted to stop two men in a black sedan, but the driver suddenly reversed his vehicle, attempting to ram the officers, hitting a police car, parked scooters, and a residential building, before eventually escaping.
During the escape, one officer fired two shots: a warning shot in the air, and one at the vehicle. Two police reported minor injuries after the incident.
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Police then chased the suspect’s vehicle for three kilometers on winding mountain roads until the suspect lost control of the car and crashed into a concrete guardrail.
Police arrested a 41-year-old man named Lin at the scene of the crash. However, another suspect was seen getting out of the vehicle and running into the forest.
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Police searched the vehicle and recovered more than 100 kilograms of wood, including cypress, 3.75 grams of drugs and four drug pipes.
Police and forestry service personnel conducted a search for the second suspect. Following a blood trail left the suspect, police arrested a 29-year-old Vietnamese man, Pham Van Nan, at around 7:45 am this morning. Pham had a gunshot wound to his left shoulder and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
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