This is bound to show up in some “stupid criminal tricks” roundup:
Florida cops have cuffed a burglary gang who broke into a house and stole the ashes of the owner’s father, believing they were illicit narcotics.
The victim returned to her Silver Springs residence to discover she was short of a few items, including electronics and jewellery. Rather more disturbing was the absence of the ashes of her departed dad, and those of her two Great Danes.
[. . .]
“It was soon discovered that the suspects snorted some of the ashes believing they were snorting cocaine,” local Fox News reports.
Once the penny had dropped, the master criminals ditched their booty, which police are trying to locate.
Wasn’t this a Graham Greene novel?
Comment by darkwatermuse — January 20, 2011 @ 15:16
It certainly sounds vaguely familiar, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.
Comment by Nicholas — January 20, 2011 @ 16:16