City centre shoppers watched as police restrained and arrested a suspected thief.
The man was detained near the Clock Tower in Leicester this afternoon.
A police spokeswoman said officers on patrol had spotted the man and arrested him because he was wanted on suspicion of theft.
She said the man became "uncooperative" in the patrol car and they decided to call for a van to transport him securely to custody.
The officers laid the man on the ground in order to put wrist...
