Workers escape arrest after shining up wrong house
UPPER TANTALLON, N.S. — Two women in Halifax came close to being arrested recently — just for doing their job.
The close call came about after a suspicious woman phoned her absent neighbour to tell her two women had just entered her home, according to the Canadian Press.
The homeowner then reported the “suspicious” intruders to police, but when officers arrived, they instead discovered a very clean house.
“These ladies showed up, cleaned up, and left without knowing it was the wrong house,” said Cpl. Dal Hutchinson of Halifax district RCMP. “Nothing was taken, nothing was disturbed, just the house was cleaned up.”
Apparently the cleaners had mistaken the house for another and had managed to enter the home because the door was left open for a dogwalker.
The women apologized later, said police, who reminded residents to always lock their doors.
