Rule #1: If you rob a hotel..dont pass out

[mrtonguetwista]

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A 32 year-old man robbed a hotel in the western Finnish town of Turku, got drunk, passed out in a taxi and was picked up by police, tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reported on Saturday.

The man went to the hotel n the early hours of Friday, threatened the receptionist with a weapon, took money from the till and demanded bottles of drink, the paper said.

The receptionist was taken to a cashpoint to withdraw money and then forced into a taxi. The thief then drank to the point where he passed out. The taxi driver then alerted police.

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