A weary tourist found himself stranded after his passport was stolen at a border control checkpoint - by a crow.

Video footage captured the moment the bird caused mayhem as it swooped down and made off with the document - leaving the stricken traveller unable to continue his journey.

And in a further moment of hilarity a flustered guard gives chase, running after the bird as it flees the checkpoint in the Russian town of Ivangorod, on the border with Estonia.

The bird can be seen in the clip swooping down and snatching the passport, before flying off

The Estonian tourist had been trying to make his way home when the bird stole his passport.

In the clip, the man can be seen sitting in his car as he hands over the document to a guard.

The crow then leaves onlookers stunned as it quickly snatches the passport, before hopping around then flying off.

The footage was caught by a giggling motorist and appears to show the officer trying - and failing - to secure the passport from the bird.

The footage was caught by a giggling motorist and appears to show the officer trying - and failing - to secure the passport from the bird

A flustered guard gives chase, running after the bird as it flees the checkpoint in Ivangorod

Customs officers later used sniffer dogs to scour the area but there was no sign of the stolen passport.

The unlucky traveller was forced to contact the Estonian Consulate in St Petersburg in a bid to get his documents reissued.