A one-legged thief was caught by plain-clothed police trying to make off with a bike in Bristol city centre.
Joquim da Silva, of Jamaica Street, was thwarted as he tried to steal a bicycle on Wine Street.
But it soon emerged the 35-year-old had a prosthetic lower limb on one of his legs.
Two men were being arrested for bike theft by two plain-clothed officers and two police community support officers.
"One of the support officers was scrabbling around under a parked car looking for a bike lock and bolt cutters that one of the thieves had tried to discard."
Project Bicyclette has made a performance stage powered by bikes and aims to take it to festivals around the country to educate people about reusable energy.
Da Silva appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Wednesday and was sentenced to six weeks in prison for the theft.
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