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Thursday, 28 July 2016 - 13:15

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Car forced off the road over toy gun

The Tilburg police forced a car containing a woman and three kids off the road on Heikantlaan on Wednesday night after a report that a gun was being waved around in the vehicle, the Telegraaf reports. The woman and kids were told to get out of the car with their hands up, while police officers surrounded the vehicle with hands on guns. The gun being waved in the car turned out to be a toy pistol. The woman was let go with a warning not to let it happen again.

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