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.