Pretty brutal.
A British man tried to slide a samosa into jail by hiding it between his buttocks, police said in a recent report.
Police in the West Midlands have said the discovery of the fried pastries was one of the most unusual incidents in 2020, reports Birmingham Live.
“We have had some strange incidents,” Inspector Manj Ahir told the website.
“One who stood up to me was a man who was separated from his buttocks during a search with a samosa.”
The hungry detainee apparently acted for fear that he would not be able to get decent food after he was arrested.
“He said he wanted to sneak it into the cell as a snack as he did not think the food was too much,” Ahir said.
The policeman said, “Of course he did not read our positive Tripadvisor reviews!”
Another strange arrest was a man in his 40s who returned to prison after his release – with a box of chocolates to thank the staff.
The man, who was booked on assault charges, had type 2 diabetes, and officers went to his home to bring him medicine.
“He also saw an alcohol reference worker as he was drinking for the first time in six years, which he said led to the arrest,” Ahir recalled.
A few days later, he turned back to the cell block “with chocolate to say thank you for the care he had received from the staff.”
“It was a beautiful gesture,” the inspector said.
The strange incidents included more than 45,000 arrests made by police in the West Midlands over the course of last year, the report said.
“This is a year like no other for us with a huge demand, processing an average of 126 prisoners a day while complying with the COVID-19 protocols,” Ahir said.
“However, the team did very well,” he added.