Moment officers scramble through bushes and over fence to arrest burglary suspects who claimed to be police before handcuffing couple in their own home
Police officers have been captured scrambling through bushes and over a fence to arrest burglary suspects who said they were police before handcuffing a couple in their own home.
Body-cam footage shows the officers leap into action after receiving reports a couple were being burgled by three men pretending to be police officers.
The man and woman were cuffed by the burglars, who said they were carrying out intelligence checks before taking jewellery, watches and cash.
They then fled from the scene on Hawthorn Close, in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, in a black Ford Focus at 1.15am this morning.
Police officers scramble through bushes and over a fence to arrest burglary suspects who said they were police before handcuffing a couple in their own home in Birmingham this morning
Police recovered a partial number plate and checks on roads cameras showed a similar vehicle had travelled from London to the West Midlands before the offence.
Traffic cops then intercepted a car, which was found to have been stolen in Ilford, Essex on January 12, on the M6 near the M1 and began to give chase.
The vehicle crashed into bushes and the occupant tried to flee on foot before officers pursued him through pitch black fields at around 2.15am.
In the video, an officer runs down to the crashed car and says: 'There's no one else in it, there's only one runner.'
He pushes through the brambles and scales a fence before joining an other officer who has the suspect on the ground.
A 55-year-old man tried to flee on foot from police officers after they tracked down a stolen black Ford Focus to the M6 near Catthorpe, Leicestershire
The arresting officer says: 'We've got him, we've got him.'
Speaking to the suspect, he says: 'You're also under arrest for aggravated burglary, robbery and dangerous driving.'
Jewellery and a police uniform were recovered from the vehicle as well as abandoned in the field near Catthorpe, Leicestershire.
A 55-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary, car theft, dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, and robbery.
The suspect, from Dagenham, remains in police custody while police enquiries continue.