/ 09 January 2023

How Denmark ended bank robberies, author fakes her own death, and not the smartest crims…

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Denmark has turned down the Heat as it recorded its first year without any bank robberies. The Scandi country’s central bank says COVID accelerated the abandonment of cash, meaning robbers have little incentive to try. There’s one Nordic Noir storyline out the window… 

Like a plot from one of her own books, romance author Susan Meachen has been accused of faking her own death, and her fans are not impressed after they spent 2 years holding memorials and fundraisers in her honour. Meachen announced her resurrection on social media, saying, “Let the fun begin”.

Most criminals do their best to evade police, but 2 American robbers did the opposite by calling 911 to ask for help moving stolen items out of the house they were targeting – and for a lift to the airport. Not having a bar of it, officers gave the con-fused crims a ride to jail instead.

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