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comments () The beer sting led police to 19 suspects they had
previously been unable to trace. Photograph: Johnny Green/PA
Nineteen suspected criminals have been arrested after they were
tricked by police who lured them in with a hoax offer of free
beer.  Derbyshire constabulary sent letters to dozens of
suspects who had evaded detention for several months, inviting
them to ring a marketing company offering a free crate of beer.
But when suspects called the number, they were unwittingly put
through to Chesterfield police station.  A time and date was
arranged for the promised free alcohol to be delivered to them,
but those awaiting it, at locations in Chesterfield, Staveley,
Alfreton, Ilkeston, Sheffield and Nottingham, were duly
arrested.  The sting was carried out as part of a month-long
campaign targeting serious crime across north Derbyshire.
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