Mumbai Police Force-Feed Thief Dozens of Bananas!

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Indian police successfully deployed an unusual technique to retrieve a gold chain that a thief had swallowed while officers were in hot pursuit as they force-fed him more than 40 bananas.

The man denied snatching the chain from a woman in the street in Mumbai and swallowed it in a desperate bid to conceal his crime last week; however hospital X-rays suggested otherwise.

Police in the western Indian city administered an enema which failed to yield the desired result.

Although doctors said an operation would be the best way forward, police officers decided it would be too expensive and opted instead for the bananas.

Mumbai police Senior Inspector Shankar Dhanavade reported that: "He was fed more than 40 bananas throughout the day."

"Eventually the chain was found. We made him wash and disinfect it," the policeman added.

According to reports, it was not the first time Mumbai police had turned to the fruit in order to recover a stolen item.

In July last year a chain was retrieved after a thief was made to eat two dozen bananas and drink several liters of milk laced with laxatives.

Months earlier in April, a thief was fed five dozen bananas after swallowing a gold chain with a large pendant.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team