'Like a scene from Hot Fuzz!' - fence hopping, rugby tackles and bin surfing during police chase in the Harborough district

By News Reporter
Published 23rd Sep 2021, 12:31 BST
Updated 23rd Sep 2021, 12:39 BST
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The suspect was arrested after a dramatic chase that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost would have been proud of!

A suspect was rugby tackled to the ground after leading police on a chase over garden fences in Lutterworth.

And officers joked that it looked lie a scene from the film 'Hot Fuzz'!

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Leicestershire Police went to address in town this morning (Thursday) to execute a warrant - but the suspect escaped out of a window.

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A suspect was rugby tackled to the ground after leading police on a chase over garden fences in Lutterworth.A suspect was rugby tackled to the ground after leading police on a chase over garden fences in Lutterworth.
A suspect was rugby tackled to the ground after leading police on a chase over garden fences in Lutterworth.

Taking up the story, police said: "A bit of Hot Fuzz action this morning as the teams deployed to be execute a warrant.

"Garden hopping, bin surfing, fencing demolished, rugby tackles - and all of this resulted in one male arrested for drugs offences and plenty for our investigation team to look at."