He went that way!!!

[Gob]

They are the crime-busting children whose real-life exploits – like those of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five – deserve to be toasted with lashings of ginger beer.

Dubbed the ‘Tremendous Twelve’, the youngsters became an internet sensation after they resourcefully formed a human arrow to lead a police helicopter to two fleeing burglary suspects. And just like Blyton’s fictional creations, they had a trusty dog in tow, Yorkshire terrier Molly.

Speaking for the first time of their thrilling adventure, the children told The Mail on Sunday yesterday: ‘We feel really proud – it was awesome.’ Aged between six and 12, they were on an Easter egg hunt in the middle of a field near the village of Capel, Surrey, when they spotted the helicopter circling.

Our awesome adventure, by the gang of 'human arrow' kids who led cops to robbers: A 'jolly jape' straight out of Enid Blyton... the crime-busting heroics of the Tremendous Twelve and Molly the Dog

Youngsters aged between six and 12 were on an Easter egg hunt in Surrey

Could see the men running away and pointed helicopter in right direction

Describing what happened next, one of them, a nine-year-old girl, said: ‘It was really noisy and we could see it said “police” on the bottom. Then we saw a man running along the side of the field. We could see him but the helicopter couldn’t because it was hovering over the woods.

‘We saw the man take his jumper off and put it around his head. Then he dropped it and ran off into the woods and we pointed and shouted at the helicopter, “He’s gone that way!”

‘But the helicopter looked like it was pointing in the opposite direction. Then two of my friends said, “Let’s get into an arrow” and we got into position on the ground.’

The quick-thinking children lay there for a minute before the pilot took notice and headed in the direction they were pointing.

After seeing the fleeing suspects, the pilot radioed the information to officers on the ground who arrested two men, aged 27 and 28. Later, they were questioned on suspicion of burgling a nearby farm.

Another girl, also nine, added: ‘About five minutes later, the helicopter came back and landed in the field and the officers came to talk to us.

‘They said they thought we were messing around at first but they followed our arrow and caught the men. We feel really proud of what we did.’

Pictures of their human arrow went viral on the internet after they were released by Surrey Police. But because of Twitter taunts, their parents requested that the children remain anonymous.

One of the parents, vet Ben Brearley, 40, said: ‘The kids were great and enjoyed the excitement. A lot of people have been saying that it is like something out of Enid Blyton or Scooby Doo. The kids love that.

[Bicycle Bill]

"Tremendous Twelve"?
I only count eight....
(ps — I also saw something like this in an episode of "Twelve O'Clock High")

-"BB"-