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How To Nab Suspects While Social Distancing? Indian Police Try Giant Tongs

"We call it a 'social distancing clamp' or a 'lockdown breaker catcher,'" a policeman in Chandigarh, India, tells NPR.
Police in Chandigarh, India, tweeted a video of officers using a pole affixed with a moveable, two-pronged claw for catching a suspect around the waist.

For police, the new coronavirus poses a dilemma: How do you apprehend a suspect in the era of social distancing?

In India, they've come up with a way to lengthen the long arms of the law: giant tongs.

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