Officers were called on a report of a theft at a CVS pharmacy in the Bryn Mawr section of Radnor Township around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, Radnor Township police said.
A chase ensued, and police spotted the man getting into a drain pipe on Conestoga Road near Locust Grove Terrace, they said.
When the officers could no longer see him, they called a local rescue team.
The unidentified man was freed from the culvert around 6:20 p.m. and taken to Lankenau Hospital for treatment, police said.
Radnor police turned over the investigation to the Lower Merion Police Department.
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