Police in eastern China waited until a Marvel fan finished watching the three-hour Avengers: Endgame movie last week before detaining him as a suspect in a romance scam.
The man, only identified by his surname Liu, was watching the blockbuster with a female companion in a theatre in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday night when police arrived after being tipped off about his whereabouts, Zhejiang Television’s Channel 6 reported on Monday.
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