Aussie mailman keeps mail

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-24 09:15

Australian police have arrested a postal worker who they say delivered thousands of customers' letters - to himself.

Residents in the Sydney suburb of Roseville had complained for months that they weren't receiving their mail, police said Thursday.

They began surveillance on one mailman based on a tip from Australia Post. On Wednesday, police found more than 5,000 letters at his home.

A detective said the worker delivered letters until his shift was over - and whatever he hadn't delivered by quitting time, he brought home.