2,240 police, 460 patrol cars, copter mobilized for car chase in Osaka

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Got cued to this from another board, but it's originally from: http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/425997

2,240 police, 460 patrol cars, copter mobilized for car chase in Osaka

Friday, January 25, 2008 at 03:01 EST

OSAKA ? Police on Thursday arrested a wanted man after a two-hour car chase that involved 2,240 officers, 460 police cars and one helicopter. Hirofumi Fukuda, 27, who had been wanted for assaulting police officers on Jan 21, was arrested after a chase through central Osaka. Around 11 a.m., police received an emergency call saying that a car was driving recklessly, ignoring traffic lights. When a patrol car approached the vehicle in question, it took off.

Police were mobilized throughout the area and a helicopter called in. The chase ended when Fukuda's car crashed into a bridge column. He sustained light injuries but no one else was injured in the chase.

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I guess they wanted him *bad*.
 
The first thing that popped into my head when I read the thread title was the police chase from The Blues Brothers. :lol:

"They won't catch us. We're on a mission from God.
 
The first thing that popped into my head when I read the thread title was the police chase from The Blues Brothers. :lol:

The resulting scene looked like this:

https://pic.armedcats.net/2008/01/29/20.jpg

Godzilla was reported to be "rather pleased" with the carnage.
 
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I need to watch that movie. :|
 
took them 2 hours to catch a man behind a shitty toyota something!??

talk about advance driving training in the police academy... doesnt look like its working.
 
took them 2 hours to catch a man behind a shitty toyota something!??

talk about advance driving training in the police academy... doesnt look like its working.

That's a Toyota Celsior. Also known as the 01-06 Lexus LS430. So it wasn't exactly a heap they were chasing - it was probably far more powerful than most Japanese police cars.
 
Yes, best movie ever.

Normally I would ignore such a radical statement, but it really is the best movie ever. :lol:
 
That's a Toyota Celsior. Also known as the 01-06 Lexus LS430. So it wasn't exactly a heap they were chasing - it was probably far more powerful than most Japanese police cars.

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460 patrol cars.. all they need is 2 or 3 of these and its job done.
 
Damn, I go play a game and miss a chance for a Blues Brothers comment.
 
No video? OJ's Bronco run became infamous for a reason y'know.
 
yeah, because the STI is the greatest car in the world.:rolleyes:
It is ;), but catching up to the car is only half the battle. Then they have to stop it. And I'm thinking that a typical Japanese cruiser, or even an STI is going to have some trouble running a powerful, fullsize car off the road.

Also, to anyone who hasn't seen Blues Brothers: What the fuck are you doing sitting there on the internet? Go buy it right now. Right now. Bring it home and watch it 5 times. Savor the sheer coolness, the absolute carnage, and the downright sillyness of it. Then go find everyone you know who hasn't seen it, and make them. They'll thank you.
 
yeah, because the STI is the greatest car in the world.:rolleyes:

hardly. but faster than that toyota nevertheless.

It is ;), but catching up to the car is only half the battle. Then they have to stop it. And I'm thinking that a typical Japanese cruiser, or even an STI is going to have some trouble running a powerful, fullsize car off the road.



guess they gonna have to pull one of those sandwich moves from NFS most wanted :lol:
 
No video? OJ's Bronco run became infamous for a reason y'know.

Sadly, the only video available (at the mo) is this rather poorly done and uninspiring news segment: [YOUTUBE]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vWPWvHTSJHM[/YOUTUBE]

Don't worry, I'm sure it was something either like this:
[YOUTUBE]http://youtube.com/watch?v=R6oQwUlTOho[/YOUTUBE]

Or like this:
[YOUTUBE]http://youtube.com/watch?v=RYnnc0qhzPM[/YOUTUBE]
 
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The first thing that popped into my head when I read the thread title was the police chase from The Blues Brothers. :lol:

"They won't catch us. We're on a mission from God.

I never did understand why Jeremy threw that guy who mentioned blues brothers out...
 
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