Kicker: A creative pursuit

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NICK EICHER, HOST: To catch a thief … police in Thailand had to get creative.

An elusive burglar in Bangkok had broken into a commander’s home three times—stealing tens of thousands of dollars in valuables.

Now this guy was very good at spotting a tail. He so much as sensed a cop—he just ran. So officers tried something different; they stopped tailing him and became one.

They took on the disguise of one of those red-and-gold lion costumes … you know, the kind that just snake through Lunar New Year parades. They danced. They swayed. They inched ever closer.

Then, at just the right moment—the lead officer snaps the papier-mâché head back, police spill out, tackle the suspect, and cuff him.

Now he may have been good at spotting a tail. He just didn’t expect that tail to wag.

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