Drone tracks down suspect hiding in Black Country garden
A motorist who failed to pull over for officers turned out to be a suspected criminal.
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Officers in Walsall used a drone to track him after the man eventually stopped and fled the scene on foot in the early hours on Good Friday.
He was found in a garden and arrested when it emerged he was wanted by the force for unrelated matters.
West Midlands Police Eye in the Sky posted on Twitter: "A male failed to stop for officers during a routine traffic stop in Walsall.
"The drone was called and quickly identified a person hiding in a garden which wasn't easily accessible to officers. The male was detained as he was showing 'wanted' for unrelated matters!"
