"Watch as Armed Officer Dramatically Stops Burglars by Aiming Handgun from Moving Car!"

THIS is the shocking moment armed police pull over a burglar by holding a handgun out the window between two moving cars.

The then arrest one of the man after a group fired at a passing van driver with a shotgun.

The three men have been jailed for a total of 44 years Credit: Essex Police The suspects had been involved in a shooting earlier that evening Credit: Essex Police

In the video the police speed up to the car with one officer leaning out the window holding a handgun.

The cops then shout “Armed Police, drop your hands” and the suspects immediately hit the brakes after spotting the gun.

One man is then seen getting out the car before being arrested in the middle of the road.

The three burglars were lying in wait and their shotgun bullets narrowly missed the van driver when they shot at him in Crays Hill near Basildon, Essex.

Johnny Smith arrested by armed police Credit: Essex Police Johnny Smith, 20, was arrested after armed police pulled up to the car Credit: Essex Police Police arrested the men after an armed police officer held a gun between two moving vehicles Credit: Essex Police Nelson Buckland, 21, was convicted on Thursday 12 March following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court Credit: Essex Police

Essex Police said the shooting on April 18 was part of a feud between two rival groups.

During their sentencing yesterday, Judge Richard Conley said the trio thought they were “untouchable” before their offending.

He slammed the offending as an “act of madness”.

The court heard how the group obtained weapons before driving to the home of the victim and his family to “lay in wait”.

The victim then collected his children to drive them to a safer location in convoy but when they left home they drove into the gunmen.

An drove next to the van and fired shots at close range.

Judge Conley said: “It was a minor miracle that [the victim] was not seriously injured or killed.

“In fact he is an exceptional man, a very robust gentleman who appears to have escaped physically and psychologically unharmed.”

The three burglars were lying in wait for a victim the court heard Credit: Essex Police Donny Archer, 27, was also jailed for 18 years following an Essex Police investigation Credit: Essex Police

All three were on police bail at the time and the Judge said: “That’s the impression I’m left with, that you thought you could commit offences with impunity.”

They also admitted to a string of other offences including several home burglaries prior to the sentencing.

The force arrested Johnny Smith, 20, from Oak Road Crays Hill on the A127 in Wickford.

He was jailed for 13-and-a-half-years on Thursday after being convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and burglary offences.

Donny Archer, 27, of Kelvedon Road, Tiptree, was also jailed for 18 years at Basildon Crown Court for the same offences.

As was Nelson Buckland, 21, of Risebridge Chase, Romford, east London who was sentenced to 12-and-a-half-years.

Temporary Det Insp Steve Robson said the trio’s actions “could easily have ended in tragedy”.