A California teenager has been arrested for driving a “cloned” Border Patrol car.
The car had elaborate decal work to appear like an official SUV.
On Sunday night, at roughly 6:25 p.m., the El Centro station’s Distant Video Surveillance System Operators seen a potential cloned Border Patrol Chevrolet Tahoe.
“Brokers responded and tried to conduct a car cease on the cloned car, however the car continued to journey eastbound,” Border Patrol mentioned in a press release concerning the incident. “An agent positioned forward of the car’s location efficiently deployed a Managed Tire Deflation System to gradual the car down to a whole cease, close to Mount Sign Highway and Freeway 98.”
When the brokers approached the car, the motive force tried to flee on foot and conceal in some close by brush.
“He was later apprehended and in an instantaneous search of the car, brokers confirmed it as a clone. Brokers decided that the U.S. citizen was the only occupant of the car,” the press launch added.
The driving force, an 18-year-old United States citizen, was positioned below arrest and transported to El Centro Processing Heart for additional investigation. His title was not made public by the company.
“The border in El Centro Sector is closed, and that is one more instance of our zero tolerance for smuggling and unlawful entry” mentioned Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino. “I’m so pleased with El Centro border safety professionals who make it awfully onerous on smugglers to ply their commerce right here!”
The car will likely be seized in keeping with the company’s coverage.
