A man who stole cash by breaking into a post office was caught by police after trying to use 1,000 pound coins to buy a car.
Daniel Allan Thomas, 29, from Sandfields in Port Talbot, went into the post office on Morrison Road last month and left with thousands of pounds and cigarettes.
He then tried to buy a second-hand Renault Clio and offered the owner £1,000 in loose change - weighing 9.5kg - which he had stolen from the post office.
But the seller did not accept the coins and contacted the police after reading about the burglary.
CCTV images were posted on the South Wales Police Swansea and Neath Port Talbot Facebook and Thomas was identified from the footage and arrested but initially denied he was the person in the footage.
Thomas appeared at Swansea Crown Court on Friday where he was sentenced to two years in prison.
Port Talbot Local Policing Inspector Tim Hopkins said: “Thomas was arrested and has now been sent to prison thanks to the support of the local community.
“The information provided by local people resulted in him being identified from the CCTV pictures and the work of my officers proved that it was him involved in the burglary as he tried to buy a car using the money he had stolen.”
see-http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/post-office-burglar-caught-after-10635945
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