SURPRISE ARREST
MAN IN A POST OFFICE P.A. AUCKLAND, This Day. A man was surprised and arrested in the Royal Oak post office at 10 o'clock last night when a detective arrived and found him on the premises. Investigations showed that gelignite had been packed into the keyhole of a safe under the counter in readiness to be exploded, but no detonator or fuse was attached. A quantity of mail posted after 5 p.m. had been rifled and some cheques were missing. The police have secured possession of at least one cheque. •
The building was entered by breaking open the posting box and crawling through. This morning, in the Police Court, Trevor Norman Foote, 34, labourer, was charged with breaking and entering the counting-house of the Royal Oak Post Office last night with intent to commit a crime, and on the application of the police was remanded until September 30.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 72, 22 September 1943, Page 6
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