As a white taxi, commandeered by a "criminal suspect", roars down a side street, two police helicopters take to the sky.

Soon one helicopter opens fire on the criminal. The taxi stops and the helicopters land. Policemen run out of the helicopters, surround the taxi and catch the criminal.

It was the country's first comprehensive police helicopter drill, which was held in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province. Five police helicopter fleets, including eight helicopters from Guangdong Provincial Police department, along with the police bureaus of Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Shenzhen and Sanmenxia, attended the drill.

The five police helicopter fleets practiced shooting, chasing down fugitives and providing medical aid in the air, as well as stunt flights.

Tao Junsheng, chief director of the drill, said the drill aimed to test the emergency response capability, cooperation and logistics of the country's police helicopter fleets and would lay a fine foundation for the future development of police helicopters.

Source: Xinhua