Lost thief holes up in French bank lavatory

Bungleau · 02-02-2009, 08:51 AM

Lost thief holes up in French bank lavatory

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – A hapless thief drilled his way into a French bank at the weekend, but missed the safe and instead found himself in a lavatory where he was promptly arrested, a French newspaper reported Sunday.

The 21-year-old broke into a building adjoining a branch of Banque Populaire in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille in the early hours of Saturday morning, La Provence newspaper said.

The paper said the man, who came from Belgium and was not named, thought that he was going to end up in a room housing safe deposit boxes but instead drilled into the lavatories.

Alarms were triggered when he broke through the wall and police caught the man when they arrived on the scene.

(Reporting by Jean-Francois Rosnoblet, Writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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So... you think the first thing he said when he broke through the wall was "Oh, crap!"? (or to be language-appropriate, "merde!"?)

02-02-2009, 08:51 AM	#1
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	Odd News... February 09 Lost thief holes up in French bank lavatory MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – A hapless thief drilled his way into a French bank at the weekend, but missed the safe and instead found himself in a lavatory where he was promptly arrested, a French newspaper reported Sunday. The 21-year-old broke into a building adjoining a branch of Banque Populaire in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille in the early hours of Saturday morning, La Provence newspaper said. The paper said the man, who came from Belgium and was not named, thought that he was going to end up in a room housing safe deposit boxes but instead drilled into the lavatories. Alarms were triggered when he broke through the wall and police caught the man when they arrived on the scene. (Reporting by Jean-Francois Rosnoblet, Writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Jon Boyle) ===== So... you think the first thing he said when he broke through the wall was "Oh, crap!"? (or to be language-appropriate, "merde!"?) __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.