DNA taken from partially eaten food could catch out a hungry thief who has twice raided a Buller tuckshop, stealing more than $400 worth of food.
The peckish thief has raided the Buller netball pavilion twice in one week taking about 24 pies, 24 sausage rolls, 50 bags of chips and boxes of chocolate and lollies, the Westport News reported.
After the first break-in last week, the club replaced a door smashed by the thief with boarding. This was not enough to stop the culprit who returned on Monday - prying open a gap between the boards - for a second feed.
Police had taken fingerprints and there was a possibility the culprit's DNA samples could be taken from leftover crumbs, Westport senior constable Denis Bergman said.
NZPA
source: newshub archive
