‘Not your usual prisoner’: police pick up swan in Plymouth

Bird removed' from harbour by a drunk man is escorted to vet in scene likened to the film Hot Fuzz

A swan found roaming the streets of Plymouth was taken prisoner" and escorted to the vet in the back of a police car in a scene reminiscent of the hit British comedy Hot Fuzz.

Devon and Cornwall police were called to the Mutley Plain area of the city at about 6.20pm on Wednesday, when the bird was seen waddling around by passersby.