How Sticky-Fingered Thieves Use Hot Glue to Find Break-In Targets in Vancouver

Police in Vancouver are warning apartment residents of thieves who are using a new method – hot glue on the doors – to select which units they will break into. This composite of two handout images shows what the method looks like. The Canadian Press/Handout - Vancouver Police

Police in Vancouver are warning apartment residents of thieves using strands of hot glue to select which units they will break into.

Vancouver police say that 10 apartment units in five separate buildings in the city and nearby Burnaby reported such break-and-enters between Aug. 9 and Dec. 24 of last year.