18. прочитайте и переведите текст. a rare species three men were arrested, handcuffed and held for several hours in the police station - for stealing seaweed from a public beach. two police cars and a police motorcyclist followed the men, who have.not been named, for three miles from the beach at eastbourne, in england. the three men, who were not charged, have made a complaint about the officers. eastbourne council defended the police, saying the seaweed was 'sea kale', a rare species that needs protection. bungling bulgar a burglar became trapped in a chimney for seven hours while trying to break into a pub, a court heard yesterday. david gardner, 28, 1.8 metres tall and of average build, had managed to climb down the chimney when he got stuck. thomas wrightson, a delivery man, arrived to deliver vegetables to the pub at 6.10 a.m. and heard gardner's calls. gardner shouted that he had become stuck while trying to rescue a cat shortly after midnight. four fire engines were sent to free him wild flatmates new york has been described as a concrete jungle, but one resident really believed he was in the jungle, as police were called in to remove a tiger and an alligator from his apartment in the 20-storey building. after a phone call from neighbours, police yesterday found the wild animals in the apartment of 31-year-old antoine yates. yates was not in when police abseiled down the side of the building in order to enter the apartment. the animals, who were moved a new york animal home, will eventually be sent to a zoo in ohio.
