A man in Japan who hid in a drain for five hours, allegedly to snap photos up women's skirts, was given away when passers-by spotted his hair sticking out of a grate, police said.
Yasuomi Hirai, 28, allegedly squeezed himself in a section of a gutter 28cm wide, with his head under a piece of iron grating, a police spokesman said this morning.
"His hair got caught at the edge of the grate, which drew the attention of some pedestrians," the spokesman with the Hyogo prefectural police in Kobe told AFP.
The alleged offence took place in the port city August, but police said that Mr Hirai's arrest on Monday came after a lengthy investigation.
Police did not elaborate but local media reported that Mr Hirai kept himself in the small space for about five hours, holding a smartphone to take photos from under the grate.
Local reports said it was not the first time Mr Hirai has been arrested for the same offence.
He was nabbed two years ago after squeezing himself into a gutter allegedly for the same purpose.
Mr Hirai reportedly told police at the time that he wanted to be reborn as "part of pavement in the next life".
