Slow-speed police chase

SLOW AND STEADY: German police used pepper spray to try and stop a thief getting away in a tractor.

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A drunk German sparked a slow-speed police chase after stealing a tractor to get home from a nightclub, said police, who used pepper spray to try to stop the vehicle.

"After his girlfriend abandoned him in a night club, the 23-year-old driver, who doesn't own a license, commandeered the vehicle to make his way home," a police spokesman said.

Six police cars began trailing the tractor, which was chugging along at 20km an hour, after they were alerted to the theft at about 5 am on Saturday.

Officers tried holding up stop signs and directing pepper spray through the open window to bring the driver to a halt.

They then tried unsuccessfully to end his getaway by throwing nail belts on the road, but the tractor's tyres proved too thick, said the police spokesman.

The 40-minute chase finally came to an end when officers shot at the tractor's tyres after it rammed into a police car and collided with another vehicle.

- Reuters

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