An eleven-year-old boy pursued a suspected burglar in Wuppertal and arranged for his arrest. The suspect is said to have broken into the home of the eleven-year-old and his 41-year-old mother, prosecutors and police reported.

When the residents saw the uninvited guest, he had piled up on foot. The eleven-year-old immediately took up the pursuit. On the way, he asked a passer-by to call the police on his cell phone. She was actually able to arrest the fleeing 31-year-old a few streets away. The man was then taken into custody.

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