Article: Trap house snares its first burglar.

A HI-TECH police sting has netted its first criminal.

The YEP can reveal that a number of houses have been fitted with specialist equipment - including hidden cameras and smartwater technology - to trap burglars in the act.

Already the initiative has resulted in a teenager being arrested after he broke into one of the houses in south Leeds.

The YEP understands he was caught on camera as he searched the house for anything worth stealing.

The use of "trap houses" is the latest weapon being used by police in south Leeds, as part of a county-wide crackdown on burglaries.

Today police in the City and Holbeck police division, which ...

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