Police taser woman high on cocaine

Thursday, 18 August 2022 06:30

Lucerne police were forced to taser a woman when a car stopped across an autoroute entrance, blocking access.

Police say the two adult occupants were uncooperative - two children were also in the car with them.

They were asked to get out of the car and refused, police dragged out a 30-year-old man – the 31-year-old woman became violent and was tasered.

They were both given a drugs test and found to be under the influence of cocaine.

They were arrested and the children handed over to relatives for care.

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