Police Officers from GMP's Traffic Division have released footage of a dramatic police chase which took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning (6th December) after two youths were spotted riding along on a stolen Motorcycle which headed onto the Brookhouse Estate in Eccles. The forces helicopter helped coordinate officers giving chase as it tracked the youths every move using its powerful array of thermal imaging cameras. In a bid to escape the pair drove down an alley off Verdant Lane and ditched the bike but were quickly apprehended and tackled to the ground by police pursuing on foot who were not far behind. policecopter.mp4 After seeing an officer approaching armed with what appears to be a taser the youths put their hands in the air and gave up as officers tackled them to the ground to cuff them. The police helicopter is equipped by an array of powerful state of the art infrared sensors that can track criminals even under the cover of absolute darkness, in short there is no escape once it is hovering in the sky above. The pair were taken into custody to be interviewed on a number of offences.