THIS is the moment a crook is caught hiding in a garden box after fleeing cops and crashing into a hedge.
The man was being tracked down by officers after he was seen dangerously on the M20 earlier this year.
This is the moment a crook is caught hiding after being on the run from the police Credit: Kent Police
The man was discovered by officers cramped into a garden box Credit: Kent Police
Robert Whitehead was then put in cuffs Credit: Kent Police
In dramatic body-worn camera footage, one officer can be seen opening a storage box to find the man they were looking for was inside.
Richard Whitehead, donned in a blue Nike tracksuit, had folded himself inside the box in an attempt to hide after he had crashed his .
While he was put in cuffs, he can be heard repeatedly telling the officers “I’m having a heart attack” while clutching his chest before he is hauled out.
Cops had been searching for Whitehead after he had driven off after an incident in , .
He was subsequently pursued on the M20 with dash-cam footage showing him speeding away down the hard shoulder.
Whitehead eventually exits the motorway where footage from another motor showing him completely lose control of his vehicle.
He can be seen smashing through two bollards and a lamp post, narrowly missing two other vehicles, before the car comes to a rest when it slams into a hedge.
The crash leaves a trail of carnage in its wake with the wreckage scattered across the road and the front of the car smashed to pieces.
Whitehead can then be seen exiting the car with the ignition still on and fleeing on foot.
He’s seen jumping over a fence as an unmarked car speeds into shot to pursue him.
Whitehead then found a hiding spot inside a garden box where officers quickly discovered him.
Kent Police said he has now been and disqualified from driving.
They had uploaded footage of his arrest to alongside the caption: “Our officers tracked down a criminal hiding in a garden box after he was seen driving dangerously on the M20 earlier this year.
“We’ll relentlessly pursue offenders to keep the streets of Kent safe.”
Cops pursued Whitehead on the M20 after he drove off following an incident in Dover Credit: Kent Police
Dash cam footage shows Whitehead crashing his car and narrowly avoiding two other drivers Credit: Kent Police
He is then seen fleeing the scene before he was later found in a garden box Credit: Kent Police
on the shocking moment a drug driver smashes into a roundabout, flies into the air and somersaults several times during a high-speed police chase.
Having hit the roundabout at speed, the car shot into the air and then rolled several times before ending up in a roadside hedge.
Ashley Parr, 35, reached speeds of 142mph in his 3 Series after he failed to stop for the cops on the A64 near York on July 21 last year.
Elsewhere, a speeding driver sobs “I’m sorry” as after ramming his motor onto a grass verge.
Footage of the dramatic police chase that led to his arrest shows pursuing officers as they through the streets near Watford, Hertfordshire, late at night.
Harry Neary, 25, was taken into custody by Hertfordshire Constabulary and banned from driving after he was clocked going 70mph in a 30mph zone on February 2.
Kent Police said Whitehead has now been jailed and disqualified from driving Credit: Kent Police
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