Bodycam footage shows the moment a prolific thief was arrested by police as he hid under a bed.

Billy Bird carried out a two-week spree of thefts across Faversham and Ashford, targeting multiple stores and stealing hundreds of pounds worth of alcohol and food.

However, the 27-year-old’s crimes caught up with him when officers swooped on Whiting Crescent, Faversham, on September 5.

An officer can be heard telling colleagues they have “got someone hiding in a bed at the moment”.

Bird, who is well-known to police, appears to have cut the material covering the frame of the bed and attempted to conceal himself within it.

But the officers then lift it up, revealing the thief inside.

“Oh, it’s Billy. You’re under arrest, mate,” the officer adds.

Bird has now been banned from entering multi

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