In a clip shared to Imgur, a van can be seen driving very fast round the corner and on to a busy street.
The van races down the rod, and two police cars in hot pursuit come into view on the camera.
But if the thief thought he would manage to outrun the police, he was sadly mistaken.
Because instead of his speeding helping him to escape, it actually caused him to get caught.
Attempting to turn another corner at high speed, the van crashes onto its side.
The van lands heavily and crashes to a stop, allowing the police to jump out of their cars and run towards the now stationary vehicle.
The thief jumps out of the van via the door, but runs straight into a police officer as he attempts to make a getaway.
The clip ends as he is being arrested.
The video has gone viral on Imgur, with over 13000 views.
Most commenters joke about the incompetence of the thief, and one wrote: “Driver has not watched enough action movies or he would have hit that pallet of water bottles.”
Another said: “Didn’t give him wings”.
The clip of the truck thief suffering instant karma comes as one man was caught on camera stealing a car’s wing mirror – but got his just desserts.
CCTV footage uploaded to YouTube shows a man turning off a main road into a side street and heading towards one of two parked cars.
He approaches the car from the rear, glancing over it to check no one’s inside, before heading for the right wing mirror.
As he crouches down to pull it off, another man appears on a motorbike.
He appears to be minding his own business, and doesn’t even look at the thief on the right to see what he’s doing.
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