Police in Adelaide have shown their lighter side, revealing how an Australian icon's early morning antics nearly developed into a siege.
Residents of a house in Paradise phoned police around 3.30am after hearing what they believed was a prowler on the roof.
Officers attended and cordoned off the property while they carried out a search of the roof.
"Police immediately identified the culprit and arrested a large three-year-old koala from nearby scrub land," a police spokesperson said.
"The furry fiend was questioned and formally cautioned by attending officers before being released without charge."
The offending koala who gave Adelaide residents an early morning fright.
