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A Russian man believed to be drunk was detained after stealing an armoured personnel carrier and smashing it into a supermarket on Wednesday, reports said.

The man stole the tank-like vehicle on caterpillar tracks from a military driving school in the far northern Murmansk region, RIA Novosti news agency cited a traffic police spokeswoman as saying.

The joyrider drove the armoured vehicle through his small town of Apatity where he badly damaged a parked car and then careered through the front of the supermarket.

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The man, believed to be drunk, climbed out of the hatch and walked into the aisles before being detained, the police spokeswoman said.

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Local news website Hibiny.com reported that the man also attempted to steal a bottle of wine after the early-morning incident.

It posted a photograph of the snow-covered vehicle smashed through glass panels at the front of the store.

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