/ 24 July 2001

POLICE BOOK BURGLAR IN LIBRARY

AN unlucky South African crook was arrested after he broke into a Boksburg library where the local policeman was discussing crime statistics, a newspaper said on Tuesday. The Citizen newspaper said Superintendent Christo Heunis was addressing business people last Tuesday when the building’s alarm went off. ”It was quite ironic. I was actually presenting crime figures at the time,” the newspaper quoted Heunis as saying. The 27-year-old burglar, who was carrying boxes and computer disks, was grabbed by security staff and Heunis. – Reuters