Thieves running from pursuers in Germany made the job of capturing them easier when they tried to flee across a drained pond and got stuck so fast in mud they had to be helped out by police.

A spokesman for police in the eastern city of Chemnitz said on Wednesday “They probably thought the pond looked dry and that it would be a handy shortcut, but they got totally stuck.”

Having released the men from the sludge, police arrested the pair, both Poles in their twenties.

The two had earlier given officers the slip after being caught breaking into a car.

Sounds like they have some quicksand like mud over in Germany.