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Video footage has been released of the moment a police helicopter swooped in on a life-sized tiger toy believing it to be an animal on the loose.

Officers were deployed and a helicopter was scrambled to a field close to junction seven of the M27, near Hedge End, Hampshire, on Saturday afternoon.

The scare even stopped play at the Rose Bowl cricket ground and golfers were escorted from the County Golf Club.

Police realised it was a toy when it blew over in the helicopter downdraught.