DNA taken from partially eaten food could catch out a hungry thief who has twice in one week raided the Buller netball pavilion, stealing more than $400 worth of pies, sausage rolls, bags of chips, chocolates and lollies, the Westport News reported.
There was a possibility the culprit's DNA samples could be taken from leftover crumbs, Westport Senior Constable Denis Bergman said.
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