Bizarre news #3: how to starve a rat to death and avoid problems with police

by Michal Kašpárek on January 11, 2009

We picked the most interesting cases investigated by the Metropolitan police.

Merciful (?) death of a rat

A woman contacted the constables last weekend to tell them that her neighbour locked a rat in his closet, willing to starve it to death. Policemen arrived to the place and found out that an 67 y.o. man had really jailed a rat. He was helpless with the little intruder, so the constables advised the man to use a poison to get rid of the rodent.

Two drops of perfume are not enough

On Thursday, a young man was testing deodorants very heavily in one shop at Tkalcovská st. He emptied two packages in several minutes and then tried to leave. The boy was catched by security and later fined by police.

Donkey the traveller is back

Donkey the traveller escaped again on Monday. He was caught by a police squad and then returned to his owner.

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