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The Canadian press reported that the man tried to pull one of the officers out of the driver seat and steal the car. Thus began one of the easiest arrests of all time."The suspect got the ride he wanted…. but probably not to the location he was hoping for," Cpl. Scotty Schumann told Surrey Now, presumably high-fiving some buddies immediately afterwards."This had the potential to be a frightening incident and we are thankful that our officers were in the right place at the right time to take this person into custody."Blair already had a warrant out for his arrest in Surrey for, if you can believe it, wearing a disguise with intent. He's now possibly facing charges of robbery and breach of probation.A similar incident happened in Florida earlier this year when a man tried to steal a St. Petersburg police car while wielding steak knife. He too realized way too late that the car he was trying to jack was actually an undercover car when the people inside yelled "police." The man was arrested shortly after fleeing the scene.Follow Jake Kivanc on Twitter.A male tried to carjack two of our biggest, burliest plainclothes officers in an unmarked pc last night. — Surrey RCMP (@SurreyRCMP)November 10, 2015