COCAINE CHARLIE

A group of Essex house burglars got less than they bargained for when they discovered a bag of fine powder marked "Charlie" in a pot on the mantlepiece of their victim's Chadwell Heath home. As later discovered by the police, little did the criminals know as they racked the powder out into lines and prepared to tuck in that it wasn't cocaine, but actually the ashes of a dog named Charlie. The big dog passed away in 1997 and owner D. Blythe, who lost two TV's, a VCR, a stereo and gems worth 2,000 pounds in the burglary, said, "The idea of them trying to get high on a dead dog made me feel better."

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