A Japanese man, too tired to walk home, decided to steal a patrol car he saw outside a post office in Gunma, north of Tokyo, that had been left running.

The officers where inside the post office investigating a report of a stolen card that had been used at the location.

“I came out shopping by train, but I got tired walking, so I thought I would drive the police car home.”

He was apprehended about 15 minutes later in the driveway of a private home, about 4 kms (2.5 miles) from the post office.

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By Sun Tzu on 10-02-2007