Authorities said the four suspects were “agitated” after 150 sheep slowly crossing the road brought the chase to an end The Guardian reports. And, to add insult to injury, the sheep were owned by a police officer.

It all began when police spotted a car speeding east of Alexandra. Officers pursued the suspects to Queenstown.

Che Baker, a journalist on the scene, said: “I started taking pictures right away but it was so hilarious, it was so funny, I couldn’t help laughing.

“The farmer herding them just kept doing his job as if nothing had happened and the sheep weren’t worried by the fuss at all – they carried on normally and weren’t aware they had become duty police that morning.”

A woman and three men were arrested.