New Hampshire city police use Pokemon Go to lure fugitives

Three students had their phones stolen in a park Hulme, Manchester, on Saturday while they were using the app, after forces including Greater Manchester and Nottinghamshire Police warned users that criminals could use the app to draw in victims.

Police in the U.S. state of New Hampshire are using Pokemon Go in an attempt to lure fugitives into their clutches.

They made a decision to tempt fugitives with a Facebook post touting the sighting of a “rare” Pokemon – a Charizard‬ – in their booking area. While gamers across the globe are setting up traps to catch wild Pokémon through the incredibly popular virtual reality game Pokémon Go, police have cottoned on to the same principle.

A rare Charizard Pokemon has apparently been detected at a police station in New Hampshire, US.

It reads in part, “If your name appears on the following list, you are one of the lucky ones”.

“You know, it may work if it didn’t direct to a “most wanted” page”, Stesha Moreno said in pointing to the obvious fault in the ploy.

They even posted a list of “eligible trainers” who should come in to catch the Charizard, and this list is basically some of the people that are wanted by the Manchester Police Department.