The 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia, seized from “criminals” and converted into a patrol car, now allows Czech police to reach “furious” speeds of more than 320km/h. Stolen vehicles and illegal races are targeted by trained officers behind the wheel, according to a statement from the authorities cited by the British newspaper The Guardian.
The car will be used across the country against some of the most aggressive criminals on the Czech road,” said Jiří Zlý, head of the police traffic department.
The reconditioning of the vehicle, from red to gray and covered with blue and yellow reflective stripes, cost around 12 thousand euros.
The Ferrari, which in some models exceeds 180 thousand euros, is one of the most valuable and rare vehicles seized by the Czech police: 900 cars were impounded last year. Most are “resold, the proceeds being used to cover damage caused by the aggressors.”
We maintain some vehicles for official functions. However, these are not cars as luxurious as the Ferrari,” authorities said.
The country’s security forces are not the first police officers to use sports cars. The Italian police use their lamborghini, after partnering with the brand, to transport urgent blood supplies to crash sites. In Dubai, the police use a The entire fleet of high-power cars.
Source: Observadora
