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Paris: The French police protested on Tuesday after Hannibal, son of the Libyan leader, Muamar Qadhafi, was allowed to go free after being clocked at more than 140 kph on the Champs-Elysees. ``This is a genuine scandal,'' said Frederic Lagache of the biggest police union, Alliance, when it emerged that Mr. Qadhafi (28), had not been charged after he presented his diplomatic passport. Mr Qadhafi was pulled over in his Porsche at about 2.45 a.m. on Saturday. He had been caught driving down France's most famous avenue at more than three times the legal speed limit, jumping at least three red lights in the process. A bodyguard travelling with Mr. Qadhafi tried to stop the officers questioning him and two separate cars, carrying six more guards, arrived on the scene ``very quickly'', a police spokesman said. After police reinforcements arrived, ``things got quite heated quite fast and there was a bit of a scuffle." Le Figaro newspaper quoted police as saying the interior of Mr Qadhafi's car smelled of alcohol and the Libyan leader's son was ``unable to speak coherently''. A police radio transmitter was wrecked during the fight. Three years ago, Mr Qadhafi was accused of attacking three Italian policemen with a fire extinguisher while on holiday in a luxury hotel in Rome. He is also alleged to have been involved in a brawl in Rome that reportedly left six photographers in hospital. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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