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DNA leads police to salami-loving thief

German authorities were able to pin a burglary committed in April on a suspected serial thief after he left a half-eaten slice of salami carrying a sliver of his DNA at a crime scene.

Reuters reports that the 37-year-old Romanian man is accused of breaking into a workshop office in the western city of Darmstadt, stealing cash and two locks and causing damage worth around £2,500, Suedhessen police spokesman Ferdinand Derigs said.

Derigs said: “He didn’t bring the salami with him – it was just lying around in the office.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .