Washington Township, New Jersey police officers wrangle loose pig ‘Pumba’ after brief escape in Sewell [Video]

WASHINGTON TWP., New Jersey — Washington Township police were on a different kind of foot pursuit on Friday afternoon.

They were trying to take a 200-pound pig named Pumba into custody. His crime? Escaping his stall.

“It wasn’t the typical day on the job to say the least,” said Officer Frank Cicalese.

“It was a change,” said Officer Victor Rossi. “We deal with some unsettling things in this job, and I think it was fun.”

Rossi and Cicalese were the first to answer the call when residents spotted Pumba in traffic at the corner of Egg Harbor and County House roads in Sewell.

The officers located him in the Heatherwood neighborhood.

“Let me tell you something, they don’t tell you how to wrangle pigs as a police officer,” said Cicalese. “I reverted back to my college football days like I was a linebacker coming through the middle hitting a running back. I just jumped on top it, …