Forgotten card trips up alleged shoplifter

UPPSALA, Sweden, March 28 (UPI) -- An alleged Swedish shoplifter was caught when he returned to the scene of the crime to retrieve his credit card, police said.

The unnamed man is accused of stealing a range of electronic goods from a Netonnet store in Uppsala Saturday while his application for a refund was being processed, authorities told the Uppsala Nya Tidning newspaper.

Staff discovered the theft, and surveillance film showed the thief emptying boxes.

When he brought his loot home, he discovered he had forgotten his credit card at the returns desk and Sunday went back to the store, where staff called the police and had him arrested.

A search of the man's apartment and car had not turned up the stolen goods, the news agency The Local reported.