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Canadian arrested for stealing phone booth
by Yahoo
22/11/2002
WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia - He might have had an unusual concept of the mobile phone, but otherwise police admit they are confused as to why a British Columbia man attempted to steal a telephone booth.
The man was arrested on Friday in a Vancouver suburb after he was discovered on the Trans Canada Highway sleeping in a stolen pick-up truck. The stolen phone booth was in the back.
"You know, that's a very good question," West Vancouver Police spokesman Sgt. Bob Fontaine said when asked about the 28-year-old man's motive for taking the booth.
Investigators theorise the man, whose name was not released, may have wanted the phone's coin box, or was trying to hide the fact that he had run into the booth while stealing the truck in Vancouver.
"Who knows, he might not have even known it was there," Fontaine added with a chuckle.
Phone company Telus said people often vandalise its phone booths, but they weigh about 200 pounds (90 kg) each and are bolted down so it is rare for them to disappear.
"We can't recall when, if ever, something like this has happened," spokesman Nick Culo said
The Squamish, British Columbia, man was awoken from his nap by police and taken into custody. He has been charged with possession of stolen property.
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