PARIS/ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's permanent representative at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, Stefan Flueckiger, has been arrested for drunk-driving by French police after a high-speed car chase, police sources said on Tuesday.
Police spotted a speeding Mercedes with diplomatic licence plates in downtown Paris on Sunday night and tried to stop it, but the 54-year-old driver raced on towards the police officers until they shot out one of his tyres, the sources said.
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