Burglars tried to breaksintosan electronics retailer three times - only to find they'd drilled through to an opticians by mistake.

　　Police say the trio brokesintosa local newspaper office housed in the same building in Vara, 200 miles south-west of Stockholm. It's thought they bored a holesintosthe wall using a power drill, but ended up breakingsintosan optician's office. Spokesman Johan Svensson said: "They tried again on another wall, with the same result. And a third time." When they punched through a fourth wall, they finally broke through to the store, but alarms went off and they fled without grabbing anything, Mr Svensson said.

　　Police are still searching for the men, and no arrests have been made.