police are using tiny plastic lego figures in a campaign to warn people about the rising tide of housebreakings in scotland .
but the move received a backlash , with victims branding it as ` a joke ' the police internet posting showed scenes of lego criminals attempting to break into people 's homes before being arrested by officers .
break-ins in edinburgh rose by 38.7 per cent in the 12 months to april 2014 , with 4,101 homes hit .