A MAN has been arrested after an ambulance with a patient and paramedic inside was allegedly stolen outside a hospital.
Cops launched a huge operation after the vehicle was nicked outside Stoke-on-Trent Hospital in Staffordshire last night.
Cops launched a huge operation after the vehicle was nicked outside Stoke-on-Trent HospitalCredit: The Sun
Staffordshire Police reportedly deployed dog handlers and a plane as part of the urgent hunt for the stolen ambulance.
A 31-year-old man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of kidnap and other offences, StokeonTrentLive reports.
A spokeswoman for Staffordshire Police said: “We were called after a man got into an ambulance while it was parked at the hospital and drove off.
“A paramedic, a patient and another person were in the back of the ambulance at the time it was taken.
“He will be questioned in custody today. No one from inside the ambulance was injured.”
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