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Two high-speed BMWs donated to Bulgaria's Highway Police

Sun, Jun 21 2009 10:45 CET byPetar Kostadinov 1055 Views 2 Comments
Two high-speed BMWs donated to Bulgaria's Highway Police

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Two high-speed BMWs donated to Bulgaria's Highway Police

Interior Minister Mihail Mikov

Photo: Julia Lazarova

The Interior Ministry has been given two brand-new BMW 330 motor vehicles, 240hp each, for chasing offenders on highways, the ministry said on June 20 2009.
 
The vehicles were donated by BMW Bulgaria, official distributor of the marque in the country.
 
The ministry is one of the company’s biggest corporate clients and the two vehicles were donated as sign of appreciation of their partnership, the ministry said.
 
In the past six months, the ministry has bought 40 new BMW motorbikes.
 
The new vehicles will be used to chase offenders with powerful vehicles who until now otherwise had a good chance of making a getaway from the highway police's usually slower vehicles.
 
Interior Minister Mihail Mikov personally tested the two BMWs in Sofia, according to the ministry statement.

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Anonymous Jacob Mon, Jun 22 2009 02:21 CET
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Is this the end of those nice old men standing in the roadway with their red and white paddles. Oh, to what is Bulgaria coming?

Anonymous Mark C. Mon, Jun 22 2009 01:32 CET
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Saves the police the trouble of stealing the cars from toursts visiting Bulgaria.

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