The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 43, October 24, 2004, Article 18

MORE INCOMPETENT THIEVES

  There seems no end to the stories of incompetent bank robbers
  and counterfeiters.  This week, Reuters published an article
  about how "Two clumsy German thieves bungled their bank
  robbery after one dropped his gun which fell apart when it hit
  the floor and a customer shouted "it's a fake," prompting them
  to flee the scene empty handed."

  "On their way out of the bank they dropped another gun," the
  police spokesman said. The gun left behind was real enough
  but did not function and could not be fired."

  To read the full story: Full Story

  Reuters also published the following story datelined Zagreb:
  "A Croatian armed robber abandoned a bank hold up after
  the cashier laughed at his order to stick 'em up, state news
  agency Hina reported on Thursday."

  "Knowing she was behind a bulletproof glass, the clerk
  laughed  heartily, rang her boss to say she was being robbed
  and asked him to call the police," Zagreb police spokeswoman
  Gordana Vulama told the agency.

  The humiliated robber turned and took to his heels, she added."

  To read the full story: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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