Snappy

Police make snappy arrest

A baby crocodile is back behind bars after leading police on a two hour chase when he escaped from a circus.

Cops in Gross-Rohrheim, Germany, thought pranksters were playing a joke when they were called at 2am with reports of a crocodile in the High Street.

But they found the 3ft long beast - who'll grow up to be more than twice the size of a man - sitting on the bonnet of a parked car keeping warm above the engine bay.

"He didn't like being disturbed so he was off and we were chasing him all over town," said one officer.

Police finally tracked him down two hours later and managed to bind his powerful jaws with gaffer tape to keep his razor sharp teeth out of action.

"The officers have no special training to catch crocodiles, but they had plenty of guts," said a police spokesman.

The crocodile has since been returned to its keepers - a local circus that was visiting the town.