Belfast cops nab burglar stuck in door letter box

[March 02, 2012]  BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Police say it wasn't too hard to nab one would-be Belfast burglar -- he managed to get his arm stuck while trying to reach through a front door letter box.

Northern Ireland police say a passing patrol spotted the 17-year-old wrestling to free himself from a house's front door before sunrise Thursday. They say he had tried to reach the door's inner lock via the letter box flap, but his arm became hopelessly trapped.

Firefighters dismantled the door but left the letter box clamped to the boy's arm until they reached a police station, where the box was safely removed.

Police declined to identify the boy because he has yet to be charged.

[Associated Press]

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