An unrepentant thief who was taken to a police station pickpocketed the cellphone of a policeman and hid it in her underwear, reports Zhengzhou Evening News.

Yao, a native of Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan Province, was caught by police on Monday when she was trying to steal a phone at a games parlour. But the police found that even in their presence, the woman's instinct just took over.

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