A Chihuahua mix that weighs just over 1kg helped police catch a criminal in California, US.
Tink's Christmas Day adventure began when four suspects who were trying to get away from police crashed a stolen van. After the crash, one of the suspects ran away on foot.
Tink found him hiding under a neighbor's motor home and chased him into the woods, said Wendy Anderson. The dog belongs to her son.
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Her son and husband helped a police helicopter find the 20-year-old man.
"The Chihuahua gave him up," officer Jeff Herbert said.
The three other suspects were teenagers from the San Francisco Bay area, Herbert said. The suspect who fled was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public and resisting arrest.
The driver was arrested on suspicion of stealing the van, driving without a license and resisting arrest. The other two suspects were released to their parents.(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
美國加州一隻體重僅一公斤多的混種吉娃娃，協助警方逮捕罪犯。
這隻名叫町克的吉娃娃，在耶誕節當天開始牠的冒險行動。四名躲避警方追捕的嫌犯，在撞毀一輛偷來的小貨車後，其中有一名徒步逃走了。
溫蒂．安德森說，町克在鄰居的露營車下發現這名嫌犯的蹤影，並一路追到森林裡。溫蒂的兒子是這隻狗的主人。
她的先生和兒子協助一架警用直昇機，找到這名二十歲的嫌犯。
「那隻吉娃娃逼得他不得不出來投降，」警員傑夫．赫伯特說。
赫伯特說，其他三名嫌犯是住在舊金山灣區的青少年。逃走的那名嫌犯因涉嫌公然酗酒及拒捕而遭到逮捕。
負責駕駛的那名嫌犯因涉嫌偷竊小貨車、無照駕駛及拒捕而被捕。其他兩名嫌犯則交由父母領回。
（美聯社／翻譯：楊鴻泰）
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