Police recreated scenes from Hot Fuzz by 'arresting' a swan before taking it away in the back of a cop car. The image shows the stricken bird being taken 'prisoner' after it caused chaos while waddling around a busy road.
Police say it was pulled from a nearby harbour in Plymouth, Devon, by a drunken male before being involved in a collision on Mutley Plain. After its ride in the back of the liveried vehicle to vets, the swan was checked over and is now being nursed back to full health.
The picture was published on the Twitter account of Plymouth Police's D Section, while an officer referenced the classic comedy film starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and described it as "Hot Fuzz in reality." Alongside it, a police spokesperson wrote: "Not your usual prisoner.