The man was hidden inside this small cupboard (Picture: Media Scotland)
A man on the run from police managed to hide himself inside a small cupboard only to get caught again.
He was found hiding in his ex’s kitchen cupboard in Edinburgh after he breached his domestic abuse bail conditions on Tuesday.
An officer opened the cupboard door to find him crunched up and hiding inside.
He was arrested and appeared at court on Wednesday.
Police Scotland Edinburgh posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday: ‘Seek and ye shall find. Following reports of a male breaching Domestic Abuse bail conditions not to attend ex-partners address, Team 5 Wester Hailes Response officers carried out a thorough search of the property.
‘Found within this cupboard. Appearing at court tomorrow.’
This is definitely not the first time a crook has been found hiding somewhere bizarre.
A man in Australia spent 36 hours in a drain ‘looking for a phone’ but he was actually hiding from police after being involved in two car crashes.
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He had to be rescued by firefighters and was hoisted out the stormwater drain.
Queensland Police said that a car they were following had reversed and crashed into the police car, causing substantial damage and injuring police officers.
The driver then sped away from the area before becoming involved in a second crash, where the driver fled on foot.
Another man hid from police on a roof after his cannabis farm was found in his home.
Etmond Lika tried to run from police by climbing through a skylight and hiding on the roof, but he was eventually captured and arrested.
Officers searched the terraced house and found 200 plants in ‘plainly a sophisticated operation’ across six rooms – as well as evidence someone had been living in the property.
Another wanted man tried to hide from police in a mattress.
But police found him inside the mattress at his home in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and he was arrested.
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