Space conmen have hard landing!

• The duo were earlier accused of selling snakes with "medicinal qualities" for more than $25,000 each.

The scam was out of this world but Indian police brought a father and son duo down to earth on Wednesday when they paraded them in the fake space suits used to convince a businessman to hand over more than $200,000.New Delhi police released pictures and videos of the two accused wearing silvery suits, after the men were apprehended over claims that they could sell "magical" copper plates to US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). The duo were earlier accused of selling snakes with "medicinal qualities" for more than $25,000 each. In their latest scam, the pair told potential victims they were developing a device which could be used to generate "electricity from thunderbolts".

They promised it would be sold to Nasa and India's space agency for hundreds of millions of dollars, police said.