Thief Caught After Dropping His False Teeth

A suspected car thief in northwest Poland has been tracked down by police after he left his false teeth at the crime scene.

Police say 54 year-old Wojtek Lekowsky broke into a car and stole a stereo, but lost his teeth at the scene when he tried to make a quick getaway after the car alarm went off.

Police tracked the man down using dental records and charged him with robbery.

Police spokesman Roman Krakowiak said: "He tried to tell us that while the false teeth were his and they had been stolen from him, and he had not been anywhere near the car at the time of the theft".

"But we knew he is lying through his dentures", he joked.

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