Tried to bribe police officers, a 40-year old arrested

A 40-year-old man, who was found to be passing wrongly, was arrested by the Police, while after the verification it turned out that he was under the influence of alcohol. After the arrest, the 40-year-old tried to bribe the traffic officers with an amount of 5,000 ALL. The police state that so far the number […]

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