Weird BUT true

Vladimir Putin has been arrested in Florida.

Charged with trespassing and harassing employees at a Publix supermarket was Putin, 48, of West Palm Beach — who, by the way, looks nothing like Putin, 63, the Russian strongman, former KGB agent and alleged pal of Donald Trump.

A young Georgia girl got an Olympic-sized thanks for returning a gold medal to its rightful owner this week.

“I thank you for good character and doing the right thing,” canoe racer Joe Jacobi told Chloe Smith, 7, who found his medal in a pile of trash.

The gold, won in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, disappeared after thieves broke into Jacobi’s car.

Buyer, really beware. Sean Deglis, 29, of Southwick, Mass., knew the used car he bought last weekend might be a lemon. But he never expected it to contain 95 hidden packets of heroin that led to his arrest, says his lawyer, Tony LaCasse.

Deglis couldn’t be expected to “hire a drug-sniffing dog to inspect a car before purchasing it,” LaCasse said.

Pass the turkey, stuffing, gravy and double-time pay!

The California state Senate passed a bill requiring large in-state employers to pay double time to workers on Thanksgiving.

The proposal, which has already passed the Assembly, awaits approval from Gov. Jerry Brown.

Call these New Buffalo, Mich., rest-stop workers just purr-fect.

When Milkie, a 14-yearold tabby, ran off near the stop during the Skelly family’s cross-country move from Seattle to Arlington, Va., the workers joined their fruitless two-hour search.

After the family left heartbroken, workers kept looking for Milkie — then found him and called the Skellys, who returned for their cat on Sunday.