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Pakistan police to use drones to hunt kite-fliers

 

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Pakistan police to use drones to hunt kite-fliers
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Rawalpindi - Police officials have also been provided night vision goggles to keep an eye on violators.

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Published: Sat 27 Feb 2016, 6:03 PM

Last updated: Sun 28 Feb 2016, 12:01 AM

The Rawalpindi police on Friday introduced drones with fitted cameras to hunt down and track kite-fliers in the city.
Police in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city will be using drones to clamp down on kite-fliers, The Express Tribune reported today.
Fitted with cameras, the drones will be used to capture video footage from 'a vantage point in the sky' which was not earlier possible for the policemen on the ground.
Kites of several hues and colours could be seen hovering in the sky while police officials remained busy setting up 'observation points' atop high-rises to fly the drones, according to the report.
City Police Officer Israr Abbasi, who himself monitored the newly introduced drones, said that introducing camera-fitted drones was to discourage the kite flying sport and aerial firing in the city.
He said that the police officials have also been provided night vision goggles to keep an eye on violators.
Iron kite strings have been reported to have caused several serious incidents and many people have lost their lives in the past.
The Rawalpindi police have arrested 39 people for flying kites and seized 2638 kites from their possession.
The story originally appeared here.


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