Police turned up at an address in Potton, Beds, with a warrant to arrest the man and thought there was no one to be found in the property except a friendly dog.

Police turned up at the property with a warrant to arrest the man and thought nobody was in - until they lifted the sofa and found him curled up inside wearing nothing but his boxers

You may be forgiven for wondering what they were doing when flipping the sofa over, but a slit in the bottom revealed the man, in the brace position in his underwear, doing his best 'if I don't move, they won't see me' impression.

While searching the property, they overturned a large sofa to find the man hiding in its base in nothing but his underwear.

Detectives arrived at an address in Potton, Bedfordshire, with a warrant to arrest the man at around 7.20am on October 11.