The Post has obtained exclusive video of the moment cops moved to arrest the man who threw a fake bomb into an NYPD squad car, then sparked a seven-hour standoff with police in Columbus Circle.

In the footage, five officers cautiously approach Hector Meneses’ 2008 Chrysler Aspen. One of the cops reaches into the driver’s window and appears to blast the 52-year-old with pepper spray.

They then open the car door and drag Meneses to the ground to make the arrest.

Hours earlier, Meneses had thrown a phony bomb into a cop car in the middle of Times Square, officials said. Police finally caught up with him around 1 a.m. Thursday, but he told authorities from inside his car that he was suicidal and strapped with explosives.

Officers finally arrested him around 7:45 a.m. and searched his vehicle, finding only a cooking pot with a cover and wires, along with 19 LED lights.