13 year old car thief, was an excellent driver say arresting officers

Marek A., a 13-year old boy, who was spotted by policemen in a stolen car on Sunday tried to drive through them. He was arrested a few hours later. Police officers claim that he was an excellent driver, despite his young age. It also turned out that he had previously been arrested as early as last week when he was coming home from school. Last time, he was let free after three days despite police knowing that he was running a gang of car thieves. The police had to return A. to his parents. "I was shocked when I learned about it, as the kid knew what he could do using his young age," said one of the officers. The gang has been stealing cars in Warsaw since mid-August. Two of his 18-year old companions were arrested and charged with violating the law. Today the court will decide whether to let him go again into the streets or finally charge him with car thefts. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) M.M.