living on the fast lane. From jail to Jaws: Drug suspect, 20, attempts to
elude police by diving into the ocean and swimming away – oblivious to a SHARK
following him.
The North Carolina man unknowingly jumped into shark
infested waters in a bid to escape.
Surf City police officials say
20-year-old Zachary Kingsbury was pulled over just before 5pm on Wednesday,
according to WECT.
Upon conducting a search in the vehicle, police
officers discovered suspicious contraband on the passenger side of the
vehicle.
Kingsbury, who was in the driver’s seat, was then asked to step
out of his vehicle, at which point he ‘fled the scene on foot, onto the beach’,
and proceeded into the ocean, police documents show.
After swimming more
than a mile away from shore, however, authorities said the arrest turned into a
‘rescue operation’ and launched a drone to track the escapee.
As the
unmanned aerial vehicle flew over Kingsbury, footage shows a shark some 25 feet
away trailing the police dodger. It remains unclear if Kingsbury was aware of
the animal.
Authorities were finally able to nab Kingsbury around 7.45pm at
the Wicker Avenue beach access in North Topsail Beach, nearly three hours after
the ordeal had begun.
