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by ibgames

EARTHDATE: January 27, 2013

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DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK: GETAWAY VEHICLE PROBLEMS

by Hazed

Sometimes I only have to read a headline to know it’s a story I want to cover in the Fed2 Star. Like this one: “Getaway donkey ruins robbery”. Really, you don’t need to read any further to know this is going to be a gem.

And the source article has a lovely picture of a donkey, too.

So what happened? Well, our story is set in Columbia, where presumably thieves don’t have access to motor vehicles or even pushbikes, and are forced to rely on equine transport to carry out their dastardly deeds.

At two in the morning, three men broke into a small shop through the roof and stole a variety of items: rum, oil, rice, cans of tuna and sardines. They planned to load the goods onto their donkey, a 10 year old beast called Xavi, so they could make good their escape. But the animal started to bray very loudly, which alerted police to the robbery in progress.

The thieves were forced to abandon their getaway donkey and run for it. They got away, but had to abandon all their loot because they’d already loaded up poor Xavi.

Police detained the donkey for 12 hours and then its owner came to collect it. Yes, even Xavi was stolen! No wonder she made such a row.

All the stolen goods were returned to the shop-keeper.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/colombia/9815243/Getaway-donkey-ruins-robbery.html

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