To catch a thief… take one bunch of bananas and let nature do the rest

A thief was force-fed more than 40 bananas by police in India to recover a stolen necklace he had swallowed. The 25-year-old man had denied snatching the gold chain from a woman on the street in Mumbai, but X-rays indicated he had consumed it in a bid to conceal his crime. Initially, an enema was administered to try to retrieve the jewellery. But when that failed, police turned to more ‘traditional’ methods and allowed nature to take its course…

Eventually the chain was found. We made him wash and disinfect it.

Mumbai police senior inspector Shankar Dhanavade

“He was fed more than 40 bananas throughout the day,” said Mumbai police senior inspector Shankar Dhanavade. It is not the first time Mumbai police have used the fruit to recover stolen goods. In July last year, a gold chain was recovered after a thief was made to eat two dozen bananas and drink several litres of laxative-laced milk, according to the Hindustan Times. In July last year, a gold chain was recovered after a thief was made to eat two dozen bananas and drink several litres of laxative-laced milk, according to the Hindustan Times. Several months earlier, a thief was fed five dozen bananas after swallowing a gold chain with a large pendant.

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