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On Thursday a man entered a First Merit bank in Streetsboro, Ohio, and handed a worker a note that said he would shoot her if she did not give him money, police said.

Shortly after the robbery occurred, police arrested John H Ford, 35, who was driving on a motorway towards neighbouring Twinsburg.

Police handcuffed Mr Ford and were searching him for weapons when, according to images captured by a camera fixed to the dashboard of the car, the suspect gobbled up a piece of paper an officer had just removed from his pocket.

Police in Streetsboro, Ohio said the note was the same as that handed to a bank teller hours earlier demanding cash.

Police appear not to notice as Mr Ford tucked into the note as they were busy searching the suspect for weapons.

Daniel Biada, a Twinsburg police officer, said: "As we're searching him, officers are removing items and throwing them on the cruiser hood.

"We're searching him for weapons. We're not looking at his head."

The whereabouts of the note demanding money came into question after the suspect was taken into custody on Thurdsay and investigators asked whether officers had found the piece of paper.

Police only discovered that Mr Ford had eaten it when they reviewed the images captured on camera.