Saturday, December 6, 2008

Cutlery burglar

Missing dishes recovered


Can you believe that anyone would resort to stealing anything nowadays.

Well that was what happened here in Kuching on Friday when police arrested a suspected thief who later led them to the recovery of hundreds of stolen cutlery belonging to a coffee shop.

The incident took place around 11pm when an employee of the coffee shop was informed by a member of the public that an unknown man was seen entering and leaving his house at Kampung Tanjong in Petra Jaya carrying boxes filled with plates, glasses and cups.

The items belonged to the coffee shop and were transported by the thief to the house for storage.

Later the coffee shop employee with the help of a friend lay in wait as the thief, who turned out to be a tenant at the house, returned and tried to leave the house with another load of dishes before he was apprehended.

The 23-year-old suspect was then handed over to police and he later led a team of officers to an undisclosed location where the stolen dishes were recovered.

It was later discovered that around 400 plates, 120 cups and saucers as well as 380 glasses had been stolen from the coffee shop!

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