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Thai Police Go Undercover as Lion Dancers to Catch Thief
Thai police arrested a 33-year-old man with prior convictions after weeks of surveillance, recovering Buddhist artefacts valued at about two million baht, during Lunar New Year festivities.
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South China Morning Post
PressNewsAgencyThai police don lion dance costume to pounce on unsuspecting burglar
Thai police donned a lion dance costume during this week’s Lunar New Year festivities to arrest a suspect accused of stealing about US$64,000 worth of Buddhist artefacts, police said Thursday. Officers dressed as a red-and-yellow lion made the arrest on Wednesday evening after receiving a report from a police superintendent earlier this month that his home in the suburbs of the capital, Bangkok, had been broken into. Bangkok police said the repo…
Thai police officers infiltrated a process of the León Dance on Thursday to arrest a 33-year-old man suspected of having committed at least three thefts in three consecutive days in the residence of a Superintendent of the Department of Metropolitan Police in the province of Notthaburi. The authorities explained that the subject, who had formerly committed crimes related to drugs and theft, was accustomed to invasive housing when the owners were…
Thai police officers in a Bangkok suburb overpowered a suspect during a New Year's celebration while disguised as lion dancers. The lion dance is a traditional part of the Chinese New Year celebrations.
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