Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to catch thief (opens in new tab)

<p>Officers devise unusual plan to arrest man suspected of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhist artefacts</p><p>Thai police donned a lion dance costume during this week’s lunar new year festivities to arrest a man accused of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhist artefacts.</p><p>Dressed as a red-and-yellow lion, officers made the arrest on Wednesday evening after responding to a report this month of a home burglary in the suburbs of Bangkok.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/wor...