A man wanted over a stolen car was found naked before his dramatic arrest in a Queensland cane field. 7NEWS
The alleged thief drove the silver Toyota Hilux at high speed and on the wrong side of the road on the Bruce Highway in the Tully area, police said.The man dumped the car near Tully-Hull Road before allegedly running into the cane field to hide.“Members of the public from the farming community out near El Arish have assisted police by setting up a cordon” said Senior Constable Martin Shepard.Officers raced into the field, wading through thick vegetation before arresting the man, who was naked.
“This is a taser! Don’t move!” said an officer whose bodycam footage of the incident was released by Queensland Police.
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