<p>In a bizarre incident, an aggressive squirrel was 'arrested' by police in Germany after a woman complained that the rodent was following her around.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police received an unusual emergency call yesterday from a young woman in Bottrop in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), complaining that while walking down the street in the west German city, she found herself being chased by the squirrel.<br /><br />Unable to shake the animal off, she eventually called the police for help and an officer was quick to come to her aid.<br /><br />After capturing the rodent, officers brought it back to the station, where it was discovered that the animal was showing symptoms of exhaustion, The Local reported.<br />The squirrel had been 'arrested' and taken into custody, police said in a press release.<br /><br />Police in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) published a video on their Facebook page yesterday, showing an officer at the station feeding honey the little squirrel.<br /><br />The video, on the Polizei NRW Facebook page, has already been viewed around 12,000 times.<br /><br />NRW police say the squirrel will be transferred to a rescue centre once it has recovered its strength.<br /><br />This is not the first case of a squirrel ending up on the wrong side of law. Earlier this month, police in Michigan, US, had posted the mugshot of the rodent to draw people's attention to a bizarre case of theft of 28,000 pounds of nuts.<br /><br />However, that was done in a lighter vein by the police while yesterday's case was of policemen acting on an actual complaint.</p>
<p>In a bizarre incident, an aggressive squirrel was 'arrested' by police in Germany after a woman complained that the rodent was following her around.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police received an unusual emergency call yesterday from a young woman in Bottrop in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), complaining that while walking down the street in the west German city, she found herself being chased by the squirrel.<br /><br />Unable to shake the animal off, she eventually called the police for help and an officer was quick to come to her aid.<br /><br />After capturing the rodent, officers brought it back to the station, where it was discovered that the animal was showing symptoms of exhaustion, The Local reported.<br />The squirrel had been 'arrested' and taken into custody, police said in a press release.<br /><br />Police in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) published a video on their Facebook page yesterday, showing an officer at the station feeding honey the little squirrel.<br /><br />The video, on the Polizei NRW Facebook page, has already been viewed around 12,000 times.<br /><br />NRW police say the squirrel will be transferred to a rescue centre once it has recovered its strength.<br /><br />This is not the first case of a squirrel ending up on the wrong side of law. Earlier this month, police in Michigan, US, had posted the mugshot of the rodent to draw people's attention to a bizarre case of theft of 28,000 pounds of nuts.<br /><br />However, that was done in a lighter vein by the police while yesterday's case was of policemen acting on an actual complaint.</p>