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Originally Posted by Waldo

A criminal gang which hides small people inside bags is being blamed for a spate of robberies on buses in Sweden.

Police are working on the theory that miniature thieves are being hidden inside sports bags, which are then placed in the luggage compartments of coaches. During the course of the journey, the pint-sized miscreants emerge from their bags and rifle through the belongings of other passengers, taking what they fancy.

Authorities have warned passengers against placing their valuables in the potentially crime-riddled luggage compartments.

Police are quizzing 'people of limited stature' with criminal records.

One witness told police how she saw two men trying to squeeze a large, heavy bag into a cramped luggage space – despite the fact that there was an empty compartment elsewhere on the bus, which was travelling from Västerås to Stockholm.

When she retrieved her luggage at the end of her journey, she found that a camera, a purse, and a portable hard drive had all gone missing, The Local reports.

Pia Kråvall, a spokesperson for Swebus, said: 'It is very possible that a small person is being placed in a bag in order to search through the other bags. We have recently received several reports of thefts, including on the Västerås to Stockholm line.'

Currently, authorities are not certain if the tiny scoundrels behind the micro-heists are likely to be children, or midgets.

If you read this in a novel you'd say it was too far-fetched to be believable!!

I was waiting for the puchline there!