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07/08/2013
Man Arrested After Laser Shone At Police Helicopter
A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a laser was shone at a police helicopter.
The helicopter was responding to a call at around 10.30pm on Tuesday, when someone in a car parked on Benmore Avenue, Edgbaston, shone a laser at it.
Police tracked the vehicle and arrested a man from Nechells.
Police said laser attacks on any aircraft were extremely irresponsible and dangerous.
(MH/JP)
The helicopter was responding to a call at around 10.30pm on Tuesday, when someone in a car parked on Benmore Avenue, Edgbaston, shone a laser at it.
Police tracked the vehicle and arrested a man from Nechells.
Police said laser attacks on any aircraft were extremely irresponsible and dangerous.
(MH/JP)
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