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# Man arrested after attempting to escape police in Lichfield by running through a pigsty and hiding in a bin
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/man-arrested-after-attempting-to-escape-police-in-lichfield-by-running-through-a-pigsty-and-hiding-in-a-bin/
- Published: 2020-05-04T22:14:56.000Z
- Updated: 2020-05-04T22:15:24.000Z
- Description: A man who tried to make off from police in Lichfield by running through a pig sty, swimming through a canal and hiding in a wheelie bin has been arrested.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Crime, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:18, News

A man who tried to make off from police in Lichfield by running through a pig sty, swimming through a canal and hiding in a wheelie bin has been arrested.

Officers were called at 6.15am on 3rd May to a report of a suspicious vehicle at Muckley Corner service station.

Police arrived at the scene but the vehicle made off, driving the wrong way round island and colliding with a road sign before the driver ran off.

A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said:

> “Officers and a police dog trudged through a farmer’s pig sty and across fields before the man swam through a canal to get to the other side.  
>  
> “Police dog Kaylaigh and officers then discovered a man in a brown wheelie bin on Great Charles Street in Brownhills just after 8am.”  
>  
> Staffordshire Police spokesperson

A 25-year-old man from Walsall was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop, leaving the scene of a road traffic collision, no insurance and drug driving.

He has been released under investigation pending further enquiries.