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One person having a joy ride in dairy country, Pukeatua in the Waikato during COVID-19 lockdown was in for a nasty surprise.
A neighbour watch report says a chap was seen on a hill on Waimanu Road riding his Red V8 Holden and sitting on the bonnet.
Locals watched him for a while and then one farmer sent his drone up.
This raised the ire of the driver who started throwing stones at the drone without success: he then sped away from the scene.
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