A farmer angry over a recent arrest surprised police in Vermont on Thursday by driving his tractor over seven parked police cars before driving away.

Roger Pion, 34, had been arrested last month for resisting arrest and marijuana possession before rolling his farm tractor across their vehicles, demolishing five marked cruisers, one unmarked car and a transport van, police said.

'We had nothing to pursue him with,' said Newport Chief Deputy Philip Brooks, who went outside to see seven of his fleet's 11 vehicles destroyed.

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Quite a show: A farmer has been arrested after police say he drove his tractor over seven police vehicles in Newport, Vermont on Thursday

Not amused: Officers of the Orleans County Sheriff's Department said they had no vehicle to pursue the tractor's driver that took out seven of their 11 vehicles

Working with their windows closed and air conditioners humming, Orleans County sheriff's deputies said it was a neighbour’s call to 911 that alerted them to what had happened outside. 

By the time officers were outside, the tractor was down the driveway and out onto the road.

'It was a massive tractor. It has four six-foot tandem wheels on the back. It was red. It must be at least a 15-ton tractor,' witness Ken Wells told the Burlington Free Press.

‘It’s pretty much the biggest tractor you can get,’ Police Chief Seth DiSanto told the paper.

All emotion: Roger Pion, 34, was angry over an arrest last month for resisting arrest and marijuana possession, prompting him to cause the damage estimated more than $300,000