A DOG which took itself out on a walk on its own has been reunited with its owner thanks to the Colchester police team. 

Last night Essex Police met Lacey, who was seen walking alongside a road in Colchester without her owner.

PC Noone and PC Newman stopped and were able to pick Lacey up. 

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Thanks to a microchip, which provided officers with Lacey's home address, the officers were able to reunite the pooch with her owner. 

A spokesman from Essex Police said: "Last night we met Lacey who had taken herself for a walk.

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"After some investigation from PC Noone and PC Newman Lacey was reunited with her owner after joining them on a small adventure.

"This highlights the importance of having your pet microchipped."

Flashback... the time sausage dog Frank got on a bus

In 2020 a fearless sausage dog decided to take his walkies into his own paws after escaping his Colchester home... and sneakily boarding a bus bound for the seaside.

Pampered pooch Frank, a four-year-old dachshund, went missing from the doorstep of his home in Hollymead Close, Colchester.

Gazette: Michelle Ballard and Frank the adventurous sausageMichelle Ballard and Frank the adventurous sausage

A search and rescue operation began in nearby High Woods Country Park, with dog walkers, schoolchildren, friends and family all joining the hunt for the much-loved hound.

Speaking to the Gazette at the time owner Michelle Ballard said: “My eyes were the size of golfballs when I realised and I burst out crying.

“There must have been between 30 and 40 people out looking. I put a post on Facebook and asked if anyone had seen him.

“My friend posted it in loads of groups and it was shared 680 times within an hour.

“Then somebody messaged my friend to say Frank was, well, on a bus!”