Thieving Water Rats Hit Lake Boats In $100,000 Spate Of Robberies

LAKE Macquarie is being invaded by a new breed of thieves ? water rats. Using a boat as its getaway vessel, a suspected gang has stolen more than $100,000 worth of property from the Morisset peninsula, Dora Creek, Toronto and Coal Point areas. Sgt Bill Nicholson of Newcastle Water Police said