A horse isn’t exactly the easiest animal to smuggle around. A man stole a horse and thought trying to hide it in his apartment on the third floor of a residential building was the best thing to do.
Police officers in Wejherowo, Poland, received an emergency call about a man trying to lead a horse to the upper floors of a local apartment building. They first thought it was a prank until the person who had called in insisted they needed police assistance to deal with the matter.
A crew was sent to investigate and were shocked to find a full-grown horse being led to the upper floors of the apartment building by a young man who appeared to be arguing with disgruntled neighbors trying to stop him.
“A young man was trying to lead a mare into the stairwell of a multi-family building,” Anetta Potrykus, a spokeswoman from the District Police Headquarters in Wejherowo, said.
Officers later discovered that the 19-year-old man had stolen the animal and was trying to conceal it. The estimated price of the horse was around $3,800 and officers were able to get the animal back to the owner safely.
As for the unnamed man, he was arrested and charged with theft and could face between three months and five years in prison for the crime.