Posted on 04/07/2002 12:42:25 AM PST by petuniasevan
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Police arrested the 50-year-old Chinese man after he tried to run away when challenged by an off-duty officer, the late edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Friday.
"I'd never have guessed police lived here," the article reported the man as saying after he was pinned down by the officer.
The unmarked building had been rented by the Tokyo police as accommodation for officers and their families.
The arrested man was found to be carrying lock-picking equipment and a notebook with the names and addresses of contacts, two of whom were also later arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen goods, the paper said.
A spokesman for the metropolitan police declined to comment.
He was carrying a list of accomplices. What a maroon.
/john
Reminds me of an incident occured here in Tidewater Virginia a few years ago. A guy robbed a bank amd ran off into a nearby patch of woods. The cops had no problem following him, however, since he wore shoes with flashing lights built into the heels!
True story .....
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