Wanted man disguises himself as a wise man in a Christmas nativity to fool police | News World

A migrant on the run from police tried to disguise himself in a Christmas nativity scene – as the fourth of the three wise men.

The wanted man was being chased in the town of Galatone, southern Italy, when he tried to trick officers into thinking he was a part of the life-size nativity scene.

The unnamed 38-year-old, from Ghana, was fleeing police after a conviction for assault and resisting arrest.

The migrant attempted to blend in, raising his arms and holding still as he tried to pull off the hilarious, quick-thinking move of becoming a human statue worthy of a baddie from Scooby Doo.

But he was rumbled when the town’s mayor spotted him after seeing small movements in the corner of his eye.

Mayor Flavio Filoni said: ‘While I was walking past the nativity scene, which set up by our tourism office, I noticed a figure which I initially though was part of the scene.

‘But then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw the figure moving.’

The man was then promptly arrested by police and remanded in custody in Lecce, a nearby city, where he will spend the rest of his sentence.

He had previously been sentenced to nine months and 15 days by a court in Bologna.

Filoni thanked police officers for their ‘swift’ recovery of the wanted man.

He said: ‘Thanks to the swift intervention of our local police, the state police and the Carabinieri, it was possible to identify this person, who it turned out was a wanted fugitive.

‘A big thank you to all men and women who uphold our security with competence and dedication.’

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