KEYS to a town hall safe at the centre of a £30,000 theft riddle were kept in a matchbox, the Lancashire Evening Telegraph revealed. Blackburn Council chiefs launched a clampdown in security following the snatch from the cash collection offices. The money was taken as staff left work early because of heavy snow falls.
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