Seal pup ‘arrested’ for trespassing at New Zealand police station

A baby seal was catching up on some beauty sleep beneath a car before police in New Zealand took the little fella into custody.

Named Steve by its rescuers, the baby seal was taken into the Wellington Police Maritime Unit at Queens Wharf after being spotted under the car, according to the police department’s Facebook.

Steve the seal narrowly avoided being run over by the driver.

“He could have been squashed,” as the driver was unlikely to see him, Senior Sergeant Dave Houston told Stuff.co.nz.

Thankfully, a passerby spotted the baby seal’s face poking out from underneath the car and police immediately set to work with the help of a broom to try to coax the seal out.

When they finally managed to get Steve out from under the car, they decided to look after him until the Department of Conservation (DOC) arrived.

Safe and sound, Steve is now “getting some TLC from DOC,” reads the Facebook post.

The DOC plans to eventually release Steve back to his rightful home in the south coast.

It turns out, the seal is about the age at which mothers set their pups free to roam alone, according to Stuff.co.nz and they tend to get a bit tired, which may explain why Steve chose to hide out under a car.