Spanish police had no trouble tracking down a crook who stole carpentry equipment from an industrial site in the southeastern city of Alicante, since the man gave 'em the finger -- literally. The cops recovered a severed finger at the scene and quickly matched it with a guy who turned up at a city hospital sans digit. After the docs stopped the bleeding, the coppers, holding the finger as evidence, arrested their suspect.
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Spanish police had no trouble tracking down a crook who stole carpentry equipment from an industrial site in the southeastern city of Alicante, since the man gave 'em the finger -- literally. The cops recovered a severed finger at the scene and quickly matched it with a guy who turned up at a city hospital sans digit. After the docs stopped the bleeding, the coppers, holding the finger as evidence, arrested their suspect.
