The moment a sneaky boyfriend faked his own arrest, with the help of police, and then asked his partner to marry him has been caught on dash cam video.

Matt Van Vliet’s unsuspecting girlfriend Samantha Labo was in tears while he was apparently being handcuffed by police in Connecticut, United States, before discovering it was all a sneaky ruse.

Officers pulled the couple over while they were travelling in New London and asked them to step out of their car.

Mr Van Vliet was then taken to one side and as he appeared to be getting restrained his girlfriend started to cry.




One of the officers then pulled a ring out of the future groom’s pocket, which was the cue for him to go and ask Ms Labo to marry him.

‘I went from being the most terrified I’ve ever been to probably the most ecstatic,’ she told Channel 9.

Once she had said yes their friends were seen running towards them and clapping.