A shoplifter was snared after cops spotted him going into barbers for a haircut - despite being bald. The 46-year-old tried tried to evade arrest by hiding in the hairdressers - but his lack of hair on top of his head raised suspicion of police officers watching on.
He was apprehended and later admitted to stealing 16 bottles of hair products from Boots in Beeston, Nottinghamshire on March 25.
The offender, who has not been named by police, was arrested by a plain-clothed and uniformed team based in Nottingham city centre as part of Operation Compass.
The operation is targeting shoplifters, drug dealers, knife carriers and those causing anti-social behaviour in the area.
Officers knew something wasn’t right when the individual, who was a known prolific shoplifter, ducked into a barber shop after spotting a police van - despite having no hair on his head.
He was followed in by officers, who found the bag full of stolen goods on him - and he was arrested.
Sergeant Jonathan Pothecary, who leads the Op Compass team, said: “He really chose the wrong place to hide from police.
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“This is why Op Compass is such a good team – it knows all the faces of those coming into the city to commit crime and we will continuously disrupt their day.
“Sometimes they will say ‘why don’t you leave us alone?’ and we say: ‘we will if you stop coming into Nottingham to commit crime.’
