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Daring Escape: Suspected robber jumps into canal

Police claimed two robbers were fleeing on a motorcycle after committing a robbery

Our Correspondent December 19, 2016

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PHOTO: EXPRESS

LAHORE: A suspected robber jumped into the BRB Canal in Batapur to avoid arrest on Monday. Police claimed two robbers were fleeing on a motorcycle after committing a robbery. They were signalled to stop by policemen but one of them managed to flee while the other jumped into the canal. A rescue team reached the site and started searching but the suspect was not found till the filing of the report.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 20^th, 2016.

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