A runaway pig named Albert Einswine led police in a New Jersey neighborhood on a hog-wild chase Tuesday afternoon.
Officers pursued the pig near Tanyard Road and Brenner Drive in Deptford Township after the animal escaped a farm in the town’s New Sharon section, the Deptford Township Police Department said.
The department shared a 20-second video of the officers trying to wrangle the pig with a slip collar, but the swine of a suspect refused to go quietly.
"Alright, we’re all friends here," one officer can be heard pleading with the farm animal as other officers laugh.
Police said the 4-year-old pig was apprehended after a 30-minute pursuit.
"The video doesn't show the whole thing. We had to chase the pig for a quarter mile. They're faster than they look," Detective Sgt. Bob Jones told WPVI-TV. "He got pretty far for what it was. I don't know where he was going to go."
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The pig was "released on his own recognizance" and reunited with its owner, police said.
The department shared a photo of officers with the collared pig on Facebook with the caption: "Sometimes the jokes just write themselves."
