A WOMAN returned home to find a burglar in her lounge.
The 37-year-old woman managed to call police and prevent him leaving.
A second man was seen entering the flat but it is believed he had gone before the woman arrived.
The men got in through a lounge window after trying to kick in a communal door at another set of flats a few doors away.
Officers are now trying to find any witnesses who may have seen the burglars or anyone acting suspiciously in the area about the time of the incident at the house in George Street, Ryde on Saturday, April 18 at about 9pm.
Officers arrested a 42-year-old man from the Island on suspicion of aggravated burglary. He has now been bailed pending further enquiries until Thursday, May 14.
Nothing was taken in the burglary and it is thought the men were actually targeting another address but got the wrong location.
Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call Detective Constable David Pain at Newport CID or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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