Sailors go for joy ride in stolen vehicle

  • 2003-05-29
RIGALatvian police said they may bring criminal charges against two drunken Belgian naval sailors who were detained early May 22 for stealing a taxi in the Latvian capital, despite earlier reports that the authorities were releasing the foreigners after forcing them to pay damages.The sailors, in Riga for an international mine sweeping exercise, grabbed a taxi just after midnight on May 22 and asked the driver to show them the city. After sighting two young women on a street, the foreigners told the driver to ask the girls in their local language to join them for a ride. When the driver got...
 
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