Wednesday, May 16, 2007

What’s The Matter At Matamata?

Lock, Shock And Barrel

Police in New Zealand are puzzled after burglars broke into a police station and locked themselves into a cell block. The intruders got into Matamata police station through a window, but as they entered the cell block a self-locking door closed behind them. Sergeant Graham McGurk said they had to smash their way out by throwing a chair through a plate glass window. "We don't know the motive. No prisoners were being held at the time," he said. "No attempt whatsoever has been made to get to firearms or other police equipment." Three police officers were on duty but none was at the station.

4 comments:

Shrink Wrapped Scream said...

Escaped through a plate glass window?? Little wonder no other prisoners were being held, surely?
Seems they'd need to be voluntary around those parts!

Ak-Man said...

Corr Blimey

Do stupid people outweigh the smart? Or is it just that their stupid actions hold more weight?

Hmmmmm?

david mcmahon said...

Hi Carol,

It was a, um, window of opportunity.

Keep smiling

David

david mcmahon said...

Hi there, Ak-Man,

Of all the places in the world to break into, I'm trying to fathom why they opted for the local police station!

Cheers

David