The day's post brought an unexpected delivery for one Colombian household - a burglar hidden inside a package.
The 24-year-old thief had hidden inside a big cardboard box being delivered to a flat in a wealthy area of Medellin.

But when security guards could not lift the heavy package, they feared it was a bomb and called the police.

As officers were examining the package, a hand holding a knife punched through the cardboard as the panicked burglar shouted he was suffocating.

The package dropped off at the Medellin address had been addressed to the household's maid.

"The guards thought it was a bomb and called the police who in turn called bomb disposal experts," a police spokesman in Medellin told Reuters news agency.

When the box was opened officers found ropes, a gun, a ski mask and one scared and breathless would-be burglar.

It was also a bad day for the maid, who although not charged with being an accomplice, has reportedly been sacked by her employers.

Colombian police are warning householders to be on the alert for any unusually big or unexpected deliveries, although the distinct lack of success in this planned burglary seems certain to deter copycat actions.

Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3376519.stm

:loopy: :P

Eudora - A man and his son drowned Monday night after the son tried to drown their dog. It happened near the city of Eudora, just outside of city limits. Police say the son fell into a pit full of water inside an old cotton gin and the father went in after him.

Police say the son and his cousin were trying to drown their pit bull, because the dog was old and wouldn't fight anymore. Before drowning the dog, the son fell in and the cousin ran for help.

18-year-old Eugene Weston Junior and his cousin planned to drown their pit bull in an old abandoned cotton gin across the street from their home.

The gin hadn't been used in more than 30 years and inside the pit was a thick combination of water, oil, diesel fuel, hydraulic fluid, and dirt. As the son looked into the eight to ten foot pit, he slipped and fell in.

The cousin ran for help and called 9-1-1. That's when the father, 42-year-old Eugene Weston Senior, jumped into the pit after his son.

Police say the old gin has been pumped dry and is now covered up. They plan to fill it in with dirt to prevent this kind of accident in the future.

The pit bull is still alive and unharmed.

Source KATV (http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1203/113315.html)

must be a royal dog then.

No?

thats one for "the worst week of the week award awarded weekly on a week by week basis" on BBC radio 2 on saturday

Fletch

Good idea though :D

What's the betting this pair of idiots turn up on the Darwin awards?