US EditionThai police go undercover as lion dancers to catch thief
- On Feb 19, Thai police said they used a red-and-yellow lion dance costume to arrest a suspect accused of stealing about $81,000 in Buddhist artefacts on Feb 18.
- After weeks of surveillance, police dressed as a lion made the arrest on Wednesday evening following a report from a police superintendent earlier this month that his home had been broken into, and investigators traced items to a seller in Nonthaburi.
- Police records show the theft included numerous Buddhist objects and two 12-inch Buddha statues, with evidence of repeated attempts to enter the suburban Bangkok home.
- A video released by Thai police shows officers acting as lion dancers gradually moving closer to the suspect before an officer emerged from the lion head and, with colleagues who assisted in the arrest, pinned him to the ground.
- The suspect, a 33-year-old man with prior drug and theft convictions, was previously seen fleeing a temple where officers spotted him, police said.
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Undercover police dressed as lions nab suspected burglar at Lunar New Year fair
This is the moment undercover Thai police officers dressed as lions catch an alleged serial burglar during Lunar New Year celebrations. Footage shared by Royal Thai Police shows officers, who are concealed in a group lion costume, dance towards the suspect at a fair in Bangkok on Wednesday (18 February). An officer, wearing a lion’s head, leaps out at the suspect and pins him to the ground, before other colleagues rush to assist. The alleged thi…
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Pop NewsThai Cops Go Literally ‘Undercover’ Dancing as a Lion to Nab Suspect at Lunar New Year Fest
From Thailand comes a story that’s pure Hollywood: police going undercover as festival lion dancers to nab a suspected art thief. Dressed as the rump and head of a large Asian lion costume during Lunar New Year festivities, the police sprang upon the suspect and took him into custody, phone cameras mercifully recorded. Bangkok police […] The post Thai Cops Go Literally ‘Undercover’ Dancing as a Lion to Nab Suspect at Lunar New Year Fest appeared…
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