Aussie arrested on alleged destruction
An Australian man allegedly used a restored army tank to destroy mobile phone towers during a rampage through Sydney early on Saturday, police said.
By Agencies |
SYDNEY: In what seemed like a scene straight out of a Hollywood film, an Australian man allegedly used a restored army tank to destroy mobile phone towers during a rampage through Sydney early on Saturday, police said.
Police said officers patrolling the western suburbs of Australian's largest city came across the privately-owned tank being used
to destroy an electricity sub-station in the early hours of Saturday.
to destroy an electricity sub-station in the early hours of Saturday.
They followed the vehicle through several suburbs for 90 minutes as it smashed into mobile phone towers. The low-speed pursuit, which police said averaged 30 kilometres an hour, finally arresting the driver after it stalled.
"The tank left a path of destruction in its wake, bringing down a number of mobile phone towers and relay sheds," New South Wales police said in a statement.
The 45-year-old driver was charged with a number of offices, including predatory driving, possessing a prohibited drug and using a weapon to avoid apprehension.
He will face a bail hearing later Saturday.
The Sydney police gave no reason why the man targeted mobile phone towers.
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