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17th April 2024 Issue no. 701

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Lockie locks up thief

Regular visitors to the Professional Locksmiths Forum (www.plf-uk.info/) would have read this story: When a shoplifter was spotted in action stealing from his shop Mark Ward of Anglia Locksmiths kew what he was supposed to do: apprehend the suspect, call 999 and wait for the police to arrive.

When after a 2 hour wait and several more calls nothing had happened, Mark Ward knew exactly what to do: he locked the thief into the back of his van and drove him to his nearest police station. Only to be told that no-one knew anything about it! And what made him really furious was that he was told to let the thief go if he liked.

Cambridgeshire police has since issued an apology.

So, what were Cambridgeshire's finest so busy doing that they cannot deal with a thief caught red-handed and delivered to their doorstep? Answers on the back of a postage stamp please. But make sure you don't drop it on the ground by mistake, else you will be arrested and fined for littering I reckon. Easy nick.

20th October 2010