TOO
LATE
The plane was late and detectives
were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel
of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told
the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane
arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while
others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and
carried it into the Custom House. While two detectives were keeping guard at
the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel
was full of stones and sand!
