A high-speed chase in Florida ended in a field of cattle, and the cattle were the unlikely heroes.

In a recent late-night roundup, a herd of cattle in Florida put the kibosh on a suspect's efforts to flee police.

On Sunday night, Seminole County police began following a suspicious vehicle. The driver crashed the car, and two suspects ran off on foot into a field, according to news reports. As a police helicopter captured on film, the field was full of cows—and the cattle gave chase to one of the suspects. (Related: Watch a Drone 'Herd' Cattle Across Open Fields.)

The cows corralled Jennifer Kaufman, the police reported, allowing authorities to arrest the suspected car thief. A backpack in the car filled with cocaine eventually led to the arrest of all three people who

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