A bungling police worker put out an APB for a Police Constable World after coming across a wad of cash with PC World written on it.

The civilian police worker was sorting through bundles of evidence when she mistakenly read that the officer involved was PC World – when in actual fact it was the scene of the crime, the computer store PC World.

The cash had been seized after a raid at PC World in Stockport earlier this year and had been placed in a police safe ahead of criminal proceedings.

As the police worker was sorting through evidence, however, she didnâ€™t put two and two together and put out a search for a constable World to contact her about the cash.

It was only when another officer pointed out to her that she had â€˜misreadâ€™ the paperwork that the bungle was realised.

A police source, who asked not to be named, said today: ‘The staff member has got a lot of stick about this with officers going up to her asking her is sheâ€™s seen Dixon of Dock Green or DCI Gene Hunt.

‘Sheâ€™s worked here long enough to take it on the chin though and is in good humour about it.’

According to Police magazine this week the female staff member was â€˜very experiencedâ€™ and the error was â€˜most unlike herâ€™.

The magazine reported: ‘A very experience member of support staff based in Stockport was recently checking with a colleague the cash seized.

‘While going through paperwork she came across a bundle of cash and the form attached.

‘Having skim-read the form she asked: â€˜Do we have a PC World on this division? Iâ€™ve never heard of him.’

A call was put out to track down the mystery cop, but there was no record of him working in the area.

It was only when a colleague of the red-faced worker pointed out that PC World was the â€˜crime sceneâ€™ not the officer in charge that the search for PC World was called off.

The magazine added: ‘The form was read again and it became apparent that the money had been seized from the retailers PC World.’

From the Daily Mail