India, April 5 -- A thief is on the news, but not just because he got arrested; it is because of his unusual - and definitely bizarre - way of getting close to his victims. In a video, he was seen busting out odd dance moves to distract people to steal their belongings.

Police in West Midlands, a county in England, shared a video of the thief and his dance moves. "Our dedicated pick-pocketing officers from Operation Taurus trawled through CCTV after recognising a pattern in the series of thefts. Using facial recognition technology, the team were able to identify Bardich as the offender," the police wrote.

"He was convicted of four counts of theft and four counts of fraud by false representation, and at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Th...