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Police in southern Taiwan intercept fleeing vehicle after warning shots

Officers from the Pingtung County Police Department fired three warning shots to arrest a driver and a passenger following a vehicular pursuit on National Freeway 3. The driver had reportedly rammed a patrol car while evading an inspection and later tested positive on a preliminary drug test. One officer sustained minor abrasions while breaching the vehicle's window.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 3 publishers; unresolved.
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  • ltn警
  • ettoday屏東男
2 differing positions reported on location across 3 publishers; unresolved.
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  • ltn屏東
  • ettoday屏東
WherePingtung
22.671, 120.488 ±10 km
First reported24 days ago
Published2026-10-01 05:45 UTC
Sources3
How this travelled.
Reports4Independent tellings3
3 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Police in southern Taiwan intercept fleeing vehicle after warning shots. 2026-10-01T05:45:13.560Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4208. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-01/40-6040ec73

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