Kids Form Human Arrow to Direct U.K. Cops to Alleged Burglars During Chase
The children were playing in a field when they saw police helicopters overhead.
— -- A group of smart-thinking and quick-acting kids in Surrey, England, are being credited with helping police catch two suspected burglars.
Video newly released by U.K. police shows the group of children lying down to form an arrow to point police circling in helicopters above in the direction of the suspects.
The children had been taking part in an Easter egg hunt in Capel, Surrey -- about 90 minutes outside of London -- when they saw the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopters above.
"The children quickly formed an arrow on the ground in the middle of a ploughed field to guide the helicopter in the direction of the fleeing pair,” said NPAS Sergeant Paul Sochon, according to the U.K. paper The Telegraph. “The helicopter crew relayed this information to officers on the ground, and a short time later two men were arrested."
Sochon added: "I'm sure the last thing the group of daring Capel residents expected when they set out on Friday afternoon was to abandon their Easter egg hunt to assist us in a police search but the initiative they demonstrated proved to be invaluable.”
Two men -- a 27-year-old and a 28-year-old -- were arrested on suspicion of burglary in connection with the incident, The Telegraph reported.
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