To catch a rabbit, try a carrot. Mice? Cheese. For man, it turns out beer works best. And the promise of a free case of brew led to substantially less freedom for 19 elusive British suspects.
An undercover operation led by the Derbyshire Constabulary offered a sudsy special to suspected criminals who had slipped through officers’ hands. The police department, under the guise of a marketing company, sent fake letters to dozens of suspects explaining that they’d won a free case of beer. (Really, how could such an offer be passed up?)
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Good to know the police are serving the public
ReplyDeleteI heard from my grandfather years ago that this was done in Wicomico County. He believed it was for back owed taxes, but I believe he said the Daily Times ran an ad for people to make claims. People went in the civic center through the front and out the back to the paddy wagon.
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