英国警方策划骗局：免费啤酒诱来在逃罪犯

　　The offer of a free drink is often one that is hard to refuse.

　　免费提供啤酒？这么诱人的提议你肯定很难拒绝吧？

　　And it's not something you would expect to receive from the police.

　　不过警察提供的免费啤酒你可就要小心喽。

　　But in an unlikely twist, it is exactly that action that police took to their advantage as part of an undercover sting operation helping them trace 19 suspects wanted in connection with a string of unsolved crimes.

　　虽然这种事情不太可能发生，不过这正是英国警方采取的行动：英国警方用免费啤酒做诱饵，进行了一次便衣诱捕行动，成功追踪到了19位有案在身的在逃罪犯。

　　Derbyshire police said the suspects were detained after officers wrote to a group of people who had evaded arrest for several months.

　　英国德比郡的警察们给这些在逃数月的嫌犯们写了一份免费领取啤酒的信件，于是乎，有19位倒霉蛋被抓到了。

　　The sting was carried out as part of a month-long campaign targeting serious crime across north Derbyshire.

　　此次诱捕行动是北德比郡为期一月的警方行动的一部分，旨在打击严重犯罪。

　　The letters urged them to take advantage of a complimentary crate of beer courtesy of a marketing company.

　　警察们在信中通知他们中奖了，可以免费获得由一家销售公司提供的啤酒一箱。

　　A total of 19 suspects, wanted in connection with a range of alleged offences including robbery, burglary and sexual assault, fell for the hoax.

　　这19位因为骗局被捕的嫌犯劣迹斑斑，所犯罪行包括抢劫、盗窃和性侵犯等。

　　They called the number printed on the letters, which put them through to officers based at Chesterfield Police Station.

　　他们报出了信中的所谓 “中奖号码”，然后就悲惨地被警察逮住蹲进了切斯特警察局。

　　Chief Inspector Graham McLaughlin from Derbyshire Police who led the operation, said: 'These suspects are people who have managed to evade arrest for some time so we have used different tactics to find them.

　　德比郡警方负责此次行动的Graham McLaughlin警长表示这些都是在逃已久的嫌犯，警方已经采取过多种策略想要抓住他们都未果。

　　'It has been very cost-effective as it can take a lot of time and money to track people down.

　　他盛赞此次行动是非常划算，行之有效并花费极少。

　　'We use a variety of methods to arrest those suspected of committing criminal offences and we will continue to use new tactics when necessary'.

　　他更表示警方用过各种方法逮捕罪犯，以后还将花样百出地抓捕更多犯人。