Five members of a Mexican drugs cartel taped to a lamppost ready for police

Astonished police in Mexico have arrested five members of a notorious drugs cartel found bound to a lamppost with gaffer tape.

The men - suspected of killing a taxi driver earlier this week - were discovered by passers-by in Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, in the northern state of Chihuahua, who called police.

Witnesses told local media they had been gagged, blindfolded and strapped to a street light with thick gaffer tape and rope.