Being a burglar is at best a risky job but two Australian men arrested last week were shocked to find police inside a house they had just broken into.
The detectives were in the middle of a drug raid and were just as surprised when they greeted the thieves, during the attempted midnight burglary at the house in Melton, 45km west of Melbourne.
Armed with search warrants, the officers had swooped on the property that was allegedly being used for illegally growing hydroponic cannabis, and arrested a man in his 20s living there.
After the burglars broke in through a window and saw the police, they ran off but were caught and arrested a couple of days later, Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Cassidy said.
"It is unusual, there was a warrant executed for drug matters and an offender apprehended,'' said Det Snr Sgt Cassidy of the Melton crime investigation unit. "Subsequently two more offenders have been arrested."
Det Snr Sgt Cassidy would not say whether the burglars were after money or drugs but said all three men involved were in their 20s and had been remanded to appear in court.
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