Dramatic photo shows moment man is arrested in chase across Dudley canal
A dramatic photo has captured the moment a wanted man was caught by police officers as he tried to escape through a canal.
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The photo by West Midlands Police Eye in the Sky shows the man, who was wanted on domestic assault charges, trying to escape from officers by taking a route across a canal in the Dudley area.
He is seen trying to exit the canal, but is being pulled back by one officer from Dudley Town Police who followed him into the canal, while another stands on the bank to intercept him, and was confirmed by the force as having been arrested and taken into custody.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police Eye in the Sky said: "Wanted offender for domestic assault made a run for it over gardens.
"Their attempt to escape cross the canal didn't go as planned.
"One in custody."
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "We were called to an address in Wednesbury shortly after 7pm to a report of a man attempting to break into a house.
"Officers attended and a man in his 20s was arrested a short time later.
"Enquiries are ongoing and he has since been bailed with conditions."
