An officer from the East Birmingham response team, which works in tandem with West Midlands Police in the UK, managed to hunt down a man suspected of smashing up a shop front by commandeering a bike.

Interestingly, the bicycle actually belonged to the escaping criminal, who was nabbed on foot in Birmingham after a brief chase. The arrest comes amid Tour de France season, with Chief Superintendent of the West Midlands Police Chris Todd jokingly likening the incident to the world famous cycling event.

Bodycam footage of the bizarre arrest shows the unidentified officer using pure peddle power to catch up with the vandal as he attempted to outrun the long arm of the law.