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Chinese police unpack people-packed mini-van

Packing people into telephone booths in the 1950s was a lot of fun! How many people can you squeeze in? The same thing went for packing people into an old style Volkswagen Beetle car in the 1960s. All were pranks, jokes to be played out for fun. But there were no laughs among the 50 people police were helping disembark a six-seater mini-van in the Chinese city of Guiyang. All 50 passengers were on their way to work when police, not believing their eyes, pulled over the vehicle. Click here to watch
May 15, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Packing people into telephone booths in the 1950s was a lot of fun! How many people can you squeeze in?

The same thing went for packing people into an old style Volkswagen Beetle car in the 1960s. All were pranks, jokes to be played out for fun.

But there were no laughs among the 50 people police were helping disembark a six-seater mini-van in the Chinese city of Guiyang. All 50 passengers were on their way to work when police, not believing their eyes, pulled over the vehicle.

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