A QUICK-THINKING pharmacist's decision to hand an armed bandit a fake pill bottle with a tracker, has led to the arrest of a suspected serial robber.
Kristopher Kukola, is being investigated in relation to a string of pharmacy hold-ups which occurred between 24 May and 07 Jul.
Over the course of five armed raids Kukola allegedly stole prescription medications valued at close to US$50,000.
However, his luck ran out when a pharmacist at a CVS pharmacy in Milan, on the outskirts of Detroit, handed him a bag containing painkillers and Xanax, and a "decoy pill bottle" with a GPS tracking device in it.
Authorities were able to track the fake pill bottle to an apartment complex in a nearby suburb, where they said Kukola approached them and said "the guy you are looking for ran that way" - a line that didn't fool police, who arrested him.
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