Nottinghamshire Police release drone footage of bumbling burglar being chased by officers following botched house raid
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Drone footage filmed the 24-year-old man’s fruitless attempts to evade capture as police swooped on a house at 7pm on Monday, May 18.
A woman initially stopped officers from entering the house, but moments later the suspect is seen dashing out of the house and across the road where he leaps over a hedge and into another resident’s garden.
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Hide AdAs officers ran after him, the aerial camera filmed him jumping over a fence and racing down an alleyway to another house.
He then scales two more fences before sprinting across an adjacent road and into another back garden.
After the frantic two-and-a-half minute chase, the exhausted fugitive appears to look up at the drone before giving up as officers arrest him in the street.
Nottinghamshire Police arrested the man on suspicion of three burglaries between May 2-18 this year, following the chase in the Aspley area of Nottingham.
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Hide AdDetective Inspector Kayne Rukas said: “A fantastic combined effort from our response officers, drone team and intelligence unit led to us locating and detaining a man who we are now questioning in connection with a report of burglary.
“A 30-year-old woman was also arrested on suspicion of obstructing a police officer, she remains in police custody for questioning.”
Writing on Facebook, Grace Hogan said: “Reminds me of the brilliant chase scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off when he’s trying to outrun his sister to get home in time.”