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Thief asks for ?time out? in police chase

Philippine police chased down an unfit thief yesterday after he ran out of breath and asked his pursuers for a ‘time out’. One of the arresting officers told a local radio station: “He was panting and gasping for air when we caught up with him after a 500 metre sprint.”

Police say 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 waiting until he regained his composure, the obliging police officers seized the two stolen phones and brought him to a station for questioning.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .