Police, free petrol and gangsterettes used in marketing stunt for new video game

Police were called to manage traffic around a marketing stunt in Sydney that saw girls in skin-tight purple pants dispensing $10,000 of free petrol yesterday.

The stunt, devised by Magnum PR, was launched to promote a new computer game, Saints Row: The Third, made by gaming company THQ.

The stunt ran from 6am until 9am at the BP petrol station on Cleveland Street in Redfern.

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