Australian on digger rams shop, steals motorbikes

This is the moment a man used a mechanical digger to smash through the window of a motorbike store in Queensland, Australia on Friday (October 15).

He stole two bikes, before rumbling off into the darkness with them both dangling from the front.

Police were soon pursuing the bright yellow vehicle, which was forced to drop the bikes early in the chase.

Footage shows the pursuit along the dark suburban streets of the town of Ipswich, outside Brisbane, across embankments, and onto a railway track.

Police said they arrested a man who was denied bail and charged with several offenses. They included entering premises, trespassing on a railway and obstructing and evading police.