29 August 2007: 'Cat Burglars' Escape from Bank

Heavily-armed Philippines police surrounded a bank in Manila for several hours after its alarm went off, but the intruders escaped.

The Special Weapons and Tactics unit rushed to the bank and made sure no one could leave the bank except through the front door.

The police then entered the building, but failed to stop a stray cat slipping through the door to escape. Another cat fled through a small hole in the ceiling.

Nothing was missing from the bank and there was no sign of forced entry so police concluded that the intruder cats had set off the alarms.

The bank manager later admitted that he noticed the hole in the roof but did not do anything about it because the hole was too small for a person.