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Can you spot where wanted man tried to hide when police raided his home? --[Reported by Umva mag]

'We've seen some things in our time, but we must say this is a first.'

Oct 14, 2024 - 11:20

Can you spot where wanted man tried to hide when police raided his home? --[Reported by Umva mag]

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A wanted man who tried to avoid arrest won’t be winning any hide and seek competitions with his hiding spot.

Police officers turned up to a home in Potton, Bedfordshire with a warrant to arrest the man, who hasn’t been named – but all they found in the home was a dog.

That is, until they carried out a more thorough search and found the man hidden in a sofa.

The suspect had climbed into the base of the sofa and was wearing nothing but his underwear.

Body worn footage of the search caught one officer saying ‘Oh look, he’s hiding in the sofa, out you come’ before he was arrested.

Police finding a man hiding inside a sofa at an address in Potton, Bedfordshire. A wanted man hoping to escape the police was discovered by officers hiding within the bottom of a sofa in just his underwear. Police turned up at an address in Potton, Beds, with a warrant to arrest the man and thought there was no one to be found in the property except a friendly dog. However they soon uncovered the man hiding in the base of a large sofa on during the search on October 11. While searching the property, they overturned a large sofa to find the man hiding in its base in nothing but his underwear. — Police couldn’t see anyone in the property at first (Picture: Bedfordshire Police / SWNS)

Man found hiding in sofa — But they soon found a man in his pants hiding in the furniture….so near yet sofa (Picture: Bedfordshire Police / SWNS)

Bedfordshire Police have declined to give any more details about the arrest, citing operational reasons.

A spokesperson said: ‘We’ve seen some things in our time, but we must say this is a first.

‘This morning while executing a warrant in Potton, we thought there was nothing more to be found in the property bar a friendly dog.

‘Upon a closer search of the property, officers found the suspect tucked into the base of his sofa.

‘We thought the man would be more comfortable tucked into bed, so he’ll be spending the next few hours in a custody cell – little less of a squeeze.’

This isn’t the first time a suspect has hidden from police in an unusual but ultimately unsuccessful way.

This teenage car thief tried to hide inside a giant teddy, while a burglar pretended to be a solar panel, and another wannabe burglar tried to hide inside a beehive.

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