Woman catches thieves via webcam

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A woman in the Philippines has helped police apprehend three burglars in the US after spotting them breaking into a house on her webcam.

Maribel Chouinard watched the trio breaking into her husband's flat on the webcam the long-distance couple use to keep in touch.

Ms Chouinard alerted husband Jim at the air force base where he works, who then went on to inform police.

As a result, two teenagers were arrested near the apartment and a third suspect was found later.

After the teenagers were caught, Ms Chouinard continued to assist the police by identifying the three burglars in a photo line-up which was sent to her in south-east Asia.

She is currently in the Philippines awaiting a visa to be processed to enable her to join her husband, a master sergeant at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.

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