New Zealand police have arrested a burglar by using the popular social networking website Facebook to identify and track him down
Police said the unnamed, 21-year-old Queenstown native would appear in court this week.
Local media said the man removed his balaclava when he got too hot while trying to break into the safe, revealing his face to a hidden security camera.
"He was a very silly young boy. The room is really small and it gets really hot in there at the best of times," the bar's assistant manager, Mel Kelly, was quoted as saying.
"Clearly, he didn't realise there was a video camera there until the last moment. He looks round and sees it and there's just a shocked look ... His face definitely drops."
Staff at the bar did not recognise the man, but Ms Kelly suspected he was a former employee because of his knowledge of the property.
This is not the first time that Facebook, the world's largest online social network, has been used to track down criminals.
In November, an Australian restaurateur left holding a hefty unpaid bill when five young diners bolted used the website to find them, and got them to pay their bill.
A couple who had defaulted on their home loan were also tracked down by lawyers via Facebook in Australia.
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