We couldnāt go any further. The confident looking policewomen had blocked the road. We stopped the car, unsure what to do. The female cops just smiled. āAll right, gents,ā the woman nearest to us said, āitās all over - get out of the car, put your guns on the ground and keep your hands where we can see themā¦ā
I looked at my two buddies. They nodded at me sadly - no one wanted a shoot out. We got out and despondently placed our weapons on the tarmac and stood in the road, hands raised in surrender. I took in the three officers in their neat skirt uniforms. I noticed that they were all young, not much more than girls really - and unarmed. But that didnāt change anything. We had given up and that was that.
āOk, girls,ā said the lead policewoman, āletās get these losers cuffed. Ayu, you gather up their weapons.ā God, this is humiliating, I thought as two of the women walked towards us, still smiling while the third picked up our guns. āHands behind your backs, boys,ā said the lead vixen smugly, a pair of handcuffs already in her handā¦