Local gardaí were conducting the checkpoint over the weekend.
Three men have been arrested after turning away from a garda checkpoint in Offaly.
The car drove off at speed and they hid in a rural farmyard.
Offaly Roads Policing Unit pursued the vehicle though, which was later seized after gardaí searched the area.
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