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 Shark swims near man trying to escape police in the ocean 
 
 What started as a traffic stop ended as an ocean search Wednesday in Surf City, North Carolina, after a suspect stopped by police jumped into the ocean and started swimming out to sea. 

 A North Carolina man allegedly attempted to elude police on Wednesday by diving into the ocean and swimming away -- but unknowingly he was just feet away from a shark while trying the brazen escape. 
 
 Zachary Kingsbury, 20, was pulled over for a traffic stop just before 5 p.m. in Surf City, according to WECT. 
 
 He allegedly tried to escape when officers spotted illegal contraband inside the vehicle and asked him to exit the car. Kingsbury jumped into the ocean and began swimming away, leading to an hours-long standoff, officials said. 
 
 Within an hour, Kingsbury was reportedly 4,000 feet from the shore, and the Surf City Police Department launched a drone to track the escapee. 
 
 "At that point, the operation became a rescue operation," police said in a statement. 
 
 But as police were trying to save Kingsbury, they noticed a shark swimming near the man, drone footage showed. 
 
 Police were able to nab Kingsbury about 7:45 p.m., according to the Charlotte Observer. 
 
 "I would’ve drowned after 10 minutes...dude’s an animal," a witness wrote in a Facebook post. 
 
 Kingsbury was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing an officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine, and possession of marijuana of up to a half an ounce.
– Had the man known he'd be so close to a shark, it's possible he would've stuck with facing the cops. Police in North Carolina say 20-year-old Zachary Kingsbury made a beeline for the ocean after officers allegedly found drugs in his vehicle during a traffic stop in Surf City on Wednesday, per WECT. Authorities say they pulled over Kingsbury and spotted a controlled substance in his car shortly before 5pm. He "fled the scene on foot," reached a nearby beach, and then jumped into the ocean, officers tell the Charlotte Observer. The suspect swam and swam and kept on swimming, say officers, who kept an eye on him with a drone. Footage from the drone shows something else was watching him, too. According to the Observer, a 5-foot-long shark was at one point swimming roughly 60 feet from the suspect, who seemed oblivious. "After 60 minutes of [drone] flight time, Kingsbury was over 4,000 feet offshore and visual contact was lost. At that point, the operation became a rescue operation," reads a statement from Surf City Police. Police say they caught up with an uninjured Kingsbury a couple of hours later at a beach several miles from his starting point. He is now charged with resisting arrest, obstructing an officer, and possession of meth, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia, per Fox News.