Alleged burglar uses 'Pokémon Go' as excuse, police are not impressed

Hmmm.
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Alleged burglar uses 'Pokémon Go' as excuse, police are not impressed
Stirling Police were given an unusual excuse when they caught someone on the roof of a shop with a crowbar. Credit: Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF/twitter/@smokesniper/mashable composite

LONDON -- There are many things in this world that Pokémon Go is good for, but evading the police is not one of them.

Since the wildly popular app was released a couple of weeks ago there have been reports of teenagers finding dead bodies while Pokémon hunting and robbers specifically targeting players, but there haven't been many examples of people using the game to try and dodge the law.

Until now, anyway.


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On Monday, Scotland's Stirling Police sent out the following tweet.

Sounds like something out of a bad comedy, doesn't it?

The update, which has been shared over 7,000 times at the time of writing, went down well on Twitter.

Yep, this definitely has Team Rocket written all over it.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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