The Police Headquarters itself describes it as “a scene from a film”. A Mission Impossible chase which however happened in real life, in Brescia Due between Cipro and Micheli streets.
State Police officers eventually managed to arrest a man wanted with multiple criminal convictions for various crimes against property and people, as well as drug dealing. The man was in a betting shop which had been reported to the Police Headquarters due to the presence of harassing customers.
When the uniforms arrived, a customer immediately showed impatience, giving rise to more than one suspicion. In fact, when asked to show a document, he ran away. Thus began the long and daring chase which did not fail to attract the attention of many present.
Suffice it to say that a passer-by even lent his bicycle to one of the policemen to help him, while a police car was arriving from the opposite side. In his escape, always followed by the officers, the man climbed over several public and private fenced areas, crossed the municipal swimming pools, and then finished the run hidden between the sheets spread on the terrace of an apartment building. But the sheets weren’t enough and he ended up in Canton Mombello.
