BUCKTIN: Guilty perp chased down by 'drug-sniffing' HORSE after cop cracks joke
In this week's round-up of bonkers news from across the Pond: a drug-busting horse, 'embarrassingly loud' shoes and a Lego crime ring
Donald Trump’s latest stunt - a £30 billion bailout for Argentina and a personal offer to buy their beef - has left America's struggling farmers furious. While US ranchers teeter on the brink of bankruptcy thanks to his own absurd trade tariffs, Old Donnie apparently thinks foreign steaks will curry more favour than homegrown cows.
As he continues his purge of dissenting voices, the dictator comparisons keep rolling in, and Twitter can’t stop likening him to a particular German leader.
But is it just me who feels history may be repeating itself? Wasn’t it Argentina that the Nazis fled to after their fall from power? Suddenly, Trump’s latest trade “rescue” feels just a little creepier.
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Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the punchlines. Police say a man bolted after an officer joked that his horse could “smell narcotics".
Mounted officers Bryson Lewis and William Trotter quickly gave chase, galloping after 42-year-old Joseph Ramirez, who learned the hard way that you can’t outrun a horse, especially one with a “drug-sniffing nose”.
As Officer Lewis put it: “He took it seriously… and the chase was on.” Ramirez now faces charges for evading arrest and for having absolutely no sense of humour.
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It’s not just runners making noise in On’s pricey trainers - it’s the shoes themselves. The Swiss athletic brand has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in the US after customers complained their supposedly high-tech “CloudTec” trainers squeak so loudly they sound like a herd of angry mice.
The case, filed in Portland, where On’s Stateide HQ is located, claims that at least 11 styles, including the Cloud 5, Cloud 6, and CloudMonster, are “embarrassingly loud” due to their hole-filled soles.
Lawyers for the trainer maker have so far stayed silent - unlike the shoes.
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Keepers at a Northern California zoo got a surprise guest before opening time - a wild black bear politely popped in to check on the locals.
Staff at Eureka’s Sequoia Park Zoo found the furry intruder leaning on a gate, gazing curiously at the resident bears Tule, Ishŭng, and Kunabulilh, as if comparing notes on enclosure life.
“The wild bear did not appear aggressive,” the zoo said, proving not all drop-ins are disasters.
Police and wildlife officials later escorted the uninvited guest out - no growling, no drama, just one very civilised bear call.
*** California police have dismantled what may be the world’s most colourful crime ring - a Lego theft operation so elaborate it would make even Batman’s minifigure sweat.
Officers uncovered tens of thousands of stolen bricks and hundreds of beheaded figurines during a raid, proving crime doesn’t just pay but clicks together.
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A Kentucky man has learned the hard way that there’s spooky, and then there’s felony spooky.
Stephan Marcum was arrested after cops discovered his front yard “decorations” - five fake bodies in trash bags, each labelled with the names of local officials, including the mayor and district judge. One even hung from a rope. He’s now facing charges of witness intimidation and terroristic threatening.
