Romanian police caught a female mobile phone thief by dialing the stolen phone - and hearing it ringing from her bottom.
Police in Iasi, Romania stopped Petronela Brandus, 24, as she tried to get off a bus after other passengers said they saw her steal a mobile phone. But after a search failed to find the phone, police decided to call the number to see where it was and heard a muffled ringing coming from under the woman's dress.
She was taken to a local police station where a strip search by female police officers revealed she had hidden it up her bottom, a local daily reported.
Officer Madalin Taranu said: "We've had people hiding things in their bras and knickers before, but this was a new one".
"The station doctor extracted the phone and we sprayed it with disinfectant before handing it back to its owner".
I wonder what kind of phone it was... If it was a BlackBerry or a Palm that's pretty damn impressive
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