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A man who was robbed outside a restaurant in Ohio managed to trick the thieves with a text message promising drugs and girls.
10TV news reports that after he was carjacked by a youth with a gun, and had his cellphone and cash stolen, Alan Heuss filed a police report and then met his mates to drown his sorrows.
It was then then that one of his friends came up with a cunning plan.
"He said 'I'm going to text these guys, I'm going to blow some smoke their way,'" Heuss told the station.
"He said. 'I'm going to tell them I've got a bunch of hot chicks, as if I'm texting you, and that we've got some drugs, too.'"
The carjackers fell for the bait and replied with the address where they were.
But of girls and illegal drugs, Columbus police arrived instead.
"It's a little seven-hour saga where the good guys won," Heuss said.
- NZ HERALD STAFF
