A BURGLARY suspect was grabbed in a garden by a police dog after a late-night car chase in Bradford.
Police deployed a dog unit, squad cars and the force helicopter when a red Toyota Prius was stolen from a house on Huddersfield Road, Wyke, at about 1.20am today.
The car was then spotted on nearby Mayfield Avenue by roads policing officers, but failed to stop. After a short chase the vehicle was abandoned on Towngate and the suspect ran off.
A police dog caught a man in a nearby garden and he was arrested by officers.
Sergeant Penny Robinson, of the Western Area Roads Policing Unit, said: "Police were called to a report of a burglary in Huddersfield Road, Wyke at 1.22am today in which a red Toyota Prius was stolen.
"Roads policing officers later sighted the vehicle in Mayfield Avenue, but it failed to stop. Police followed the vehicle at a safe distance before it was abandoned in Towngate.
"A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of burglary and remains in custody today.
"The vehicle has been recovered and enquiries are ongoing."
Anyone with any information on the incident can ring police on 101.
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