"It's fair to say we'll quite literally go through walls to catch those that we're after!" say police, who captured the unexpected moment a man was found hiding in a wall to evade officers who arrived to arrest him.
In bizarre body camera footage, police are seen investigating what appears to be the kitchen of a home in the Southdene area of Kirkby, Merseyside, this morning (January 19).
Officers from Wigan's District Tasking Team take a knife to a small opening, above a shelf and counter top inside one of the walls.
Police then prise open what is revealed to a door to a tiny cubby hole.
Suddenly, a forehead appears, popping up in the dark space.
Emerging on his hands from the tight cupboard, a man - wearing only his underpants - crawls forward, past bottles of cleaning spray and bleach, and into the waiting arms of police who haul him down from the counter and arrest him.
The 32-year-old man was wanted for a slew of offences - including two domestic violence offences and a driving offence, as well as being on recall to prison for breaching his licence conditions.
Sharing the video footage, Greater Manchester Police quipped: "Some people go to extreme lengths to evade police but this wanted man was today found hiding in a wall at an address in Merseyside by our Wigan District Tasking Team.
"It's fair to say we'll quite literally go through walls to catch those that we're after!
The 32-year-old was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, threats to commit criminal damage and driving whilst disqualified.
The man is now currently in custody for questioning.
