A world class cat.. er.. chicken burglar was nabbed after 4 years on the lam[b]. He was captured after his name turned up on Interpol's most wanted list. Ananova reports:

The 51-year-old chicken thief, from Iasi in eastern Romania, who is unnamed for legal reasons, had left the country four years ago.

But when he returned to visit family he was told by border guards he had been identified from an Interpol list of dangerous fugitives - for stealing chickens from his neighbour's farm before he left.

Police spokesman Serban Pittner said: "He was a wanted man for four years. Officers identified him by his international arrest warrant for stealing seven chickens."

The international chicken thief has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail.