A gang is robbing long-distance coaches in Sweden by smuggling dwarves into their holds inside sports bags
According to The Sun newspaper, once inside the buses the tiny thieve slip out from their hiding place to rifle through the belongings of travelers above them.
They then take their loot back to their hiding place and wait to be collected by another gang member when the coach reaches its destination.
The gang has stolen considerable sums of cash, gems and other valuables over the past several months.
A spokesman for the bus company, Swebus, said on one occasion a light-fingered little person was smuggled aboard a bus in a hockey bag.
Police are quizzing "poople of limited stature with criminal records", according to a spokesman in Stockholm.