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Police officer in critical condition after being hit by car with alleged drug and robbery suspects

Police officer in critical condition after being hit by car with alleged drug and robbery suspects
A female police officer who was hit by a car with drug and robbery suspects, is now in critical condition.

She is admitted at the CWM Hospital.

Another officer who was also injured in the same incident, is admitted in stable condition.

This follows the police vehicle chase yesterday morning following the seizure of white substances believed to be methamphetamine at the Laqere checkpoint.

Three people remain under arrest.

Police say the joint operations team manning the Laqere checkpoint had directed the vehicle to stop, but the driver refused, and police pursued the suspects towards the Tovata/Makoi area.

They say the suspects drove back towards Suva, where they drove into the roadblock and hit a police officer.

The chase ended with a multiple-vehicle collision between police and the suspects, a few metres from the Laqere checkpoint.

The three suspects, one of whom has a known criminal history, are admitted at the CWM Hospital under police guard.

Police say a search conducted in the suspect's vehicle resulted in the seizure of white substances believed to be methamphetamine and alleged house break-in tools.

The joint police and military task force will continue its surge operations, and they warn that such attacks on members of the operations team will not be taken lightly.

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