dannyboy
26 Jun 2007, 09:24 AM
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Mon Jun 25, 11:58 PM ET
Philippine police chased down an unfit thief on Tuesday after he ran out of breath and asked his pursuers for a "time out".
"He was panting and gasping for air when we caught up with him after a 500 metre sprint," Erwin Buenceso, one of the arresting officers, told local radio station dzBB.
Buenceso said the man and an accomplice broke into a house in the Philippine capital and stole two expensive mobile phones. Screams from the residence alerted a local police patrol, which gave chase.
The robber asked for a "time out" using hand signals.
After he regained his composure, police seized the two stolen phones and brought him to a station for questioning.
Mon Jun 25, 11:58 PM ET
Philippine police chased down an unfit thief on Tuesday after he ran out of breath and asked his pursuers for a "time out".
"He was panting and gasping for air when we caught up with him after a 500 metre sprint," Erwin Buenceso, one of the arresting officers, told local radio station dzBB.
Buenceso said the man and an accomplice broke into a house in the Philippine capital and stole two expensive mobile phones. Screams from the residence alerted a local police patrol, which gave chase.
The robber asked for a "time out" using hand signals.
After he regained his composure, police seized the two stolen phones and brought him to a station for questioning.