Thursday, April 27, 2006

Top cop arrested for bank robbery

A German police commissioner has been arrested for robbing a bank near his police station.

The 52-year-old was caught after using his girlfriend's car as a getaway vehicle.

The senior officer, who has not been named for legal reasons, stormed into the bank in Trier, Rhineland-Pfalz, wearing a mask and brandishing a gun.

He demanded the branch manager hand over the cash and escaped in a car which was later found abandoned.

But his colleagues were able to trace the car back to the commissioner's girlfriend who admitted she had leant it to him for the week.

A police spokeswoman said: "We just can't believe it. We are trained to fight crime, not commit it. But you can just never tell who is the black sheep among your colleagues.

"I'm surprised he used his girlfriend's car though, even the dumbest thieves usually use stolen vehicles."
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i'm speechless

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