Watch: Shanghai Police release CCTV footage of 'dumbest thieves ever'
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'If all burglars were like this, we wouldn’t need to work overtime,' Shanghai Police said
The official Weibo (Chinese Twitter) account of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau released a video on its channel on February 14.
The video was captured through surveillance cameras after midnight.
The video shows two burglars attempting to break in when something goes terribly wrong – Watch the video for yourself, although some viewer discretion is advised.
“If all burglars were like this, we wouldn’t need to work overtime,” the Shanghai Public Security Bureau wrote in the post.
“You might not need to work overtime, but the nurses and doctors at the hospital surely will,” one netizenreplied.
The video was watched 4 million times shortly after it was published on Weibo. Further information on how the unfortunate burglar is currently doing has not been released.
The video is going viral on Chinese social media today.