Bizarre video shows the moment a suspected burglar is found underneath a bed - hiding from police

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Watch bodycam footage of the moment a suspected burglar is found underneath a bed, hiding from police, before asking officers, “What’s up? Am I wanted?”

Bizarre video shows the moment a suspected burglar is found underneath a bed - hiding from police.

The 43-year-old man was wanted by officers who found him at a property in Coalpit Heath in South Gloucestershire.

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He was suspected of stealing garden machinery, power tools and bicycles from garages and garden sheds.

Suspected burglar found underneath bed - hiding from police.Suspected burglar found underneath bed - hiding from police.
Suspected burglar found underneath bed - hiding from police. | Avon and Somerset Police / SWNS

Police found the man hiding underneath a bed on October 1 and promptly arrested him. He has since been released on bail pending further investigation.

The arrest was part of a seven day shoplifting and burglary crackdown in the area by Avon and Somerset Police, which began on September 25.

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