KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: In a scene out of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", a Malaysian family was startled to return home to find their apartment ransacked and a thief snoozing on the bed, reports said Monday (February 4th).

The burglar, who had also helped himself to food from the kitchen, remained fast asleep under a blanket until police arrived to take him away, The Star said.

Householder V. Sathya said his nine-year-old son discovered the intruder when he entered his bedroom after the family returned from a shopping trip.

"He shouted and ran out of his room. Even then the burglar did not wake up and carried on sleeping while holding on to one of my wife's purses," he told the daily.

"I guess my wife's cookies were just too irresistible for him," he said.

The 29-year-old thief tested positive for drugs and was under investigation for trespassing, police told the New Straits Times.