NZ police hail "first Facebook arrest"

A 21-year-old apprentice was arrested in Queenstown today after police posted footage of him trying to hack into safe on the popular social networking website.

Constable Sean Drader thanked all those involved with what he labelled the first Facebook arrest.

“He was identified from members of the public viewing him on Facebook, and also seeing him on TV after the Facebook images were displayed on the news.”

The man, who got too hot while trying to break into a safe and removed his balaclava, had revealed his face to a hidden security camera, providing police with some Facebook worthy snaps. More...

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