A MODEL aeroplane equipped with a camera attached with a rubber band has inadvertently captured graffiti artists at work, leading to their arrest.
The aerial surveillance was carried out over the Aldinga Bay Surf life Saving Club near Adelaide South Australia in March by an model aircraft enthusiast using what police described as a “slow -flying electric remote controlled aeroplane”.
AdelaideNow reports that the modified aircraft was rigged with a camera, attached with a rubber band, which had been set to capture images every 1.5 seconds.
The images returned more than was expected when it captured graffiti vandals at work.
The plane operator sent the pictures to South Coast police who used them to identify the offenders.
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