In recent months, thousands of pounds in cash, gems and other valuables have been stolen from travelers on long-distance coach journeys. The thieves achieve their remarkable success rate by sneaking dwarves into the luggage holds in sports bags. Once inside the coach, they slip out from their hiding place and rifle through passengers' belongings. When they've got their haul, they sneak back into their hiding place and come out again when the coach reaches its destination, passing their spoils onto the 'big' boss.

A spokesman for Swebus, one of the targeted coach companies, said, "We have had reports about several thefts by dwarves on the stretch between Vasteras and Stockholm."

Send in the dogs, I say, that'll sniff 'em out.

Telegraph