Police pull car stolen 38 years ago from swamp after drought lowers water level

A car stolen in France's Champagne country in 1979 is to be reunited with its owner after police pulled it from a murky swamp - in surprisingly good condition but crawling with crayfish.

The pond owner alerted officers in Chalons-en-Champagne, 160 kilometres east of Paris, about the discovery, police said on Facebook.