One has to laugh at reports like this.
A drunken police officer in Zambia freed 13 suspects from custody so that they could go and celebrate the new year, officials say.
Detective inspector Titus Phiri was arrested after releasing the suspects from Leonard Cheelo police station in the capital, Lusaka, before running away himself.
The 13 detainees were accused of crimes such as assault, robbery and burglary.
They are all currently on the run and a manhunt has been launched to find them.
There's more at the link.
Officer Friendly really was friendly to them . . . and probably Officer Hungover within a few hours, particularly once his superiors noticed what he'd done. I suspect those he released are a long way from Lusaka by now, and have no intention of going back!
Peter
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I wonder how many of the released were cousins, or owed his family money....
I would have figured the country to be Zimbabwe where this occurred. I guess things have improved a lot there since Robert Mugabe was kicked out a few years ago.
What Lusaka needs is a visit from Green Leader.
Every day of the year.
Hey Peter,
I'm sure that a "remuneration" was paid either to the policeman or his family because that is how things are done in the 3rd world. for that privilege. The problem is that the policeman got caught so that income stream to the family just dried up,
Rewrite the headline as "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" and you probably have a future story.
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