A few days ago, a stolen piece of "drying bamboo fishing" went viral on the Internet. A culprit opened the window of a resident of Tung Ming Building, 380 Lai Chi Kok Road, Sham Shui Po, and used a two-meter-long bamboo to stretch into the house. Hook away a handbag in 40 seconds.
Police officers from the Sham Shui Po district searched over 50 hours of CCTV footage within a week and finally targeted a man.
Yesterday (27th), the police arrested a 31-year-old Vietnamese man who was holding "street paper" in the district. It is believed that he was also related to three other shop burglaries in the district and another burglary in Dongming Building, five of them The case involved properties valued at approximately RMB 208,000.
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Senior Inspector Yang Tiehao, the case supervisor of the third team of the Sham Shui Po Police District Criminal Investigation Team, explained the facts of the case that at 2:30 pm on August 22, a burglary occurred in Tung Ming Building, 380 Lai Chi Kok Road, Sham Shui Po.
The Dongming Building has undergone a large-scale repair project in March this year, so the building has a large scaffolding for repair workers to work on the outer wall.
The building has only a password gate, but no security guards.
On the day of the incident, the female victim was living in Dongming Building doing housework. During this period, she opened a window in the living room and placed her handbag about 3 meters away from the window.
Later, the female victim and her family were in the bedroom, and the culprit appeared outside the window on a large scaffold. He took advantage of the fact that when the living room was empty, he used a hook about 2 meters long and added a hook made of a buckled wire sweater rack into the living room. Hook away the handbag of the woman victim.
The victim walked out of the living room from the bedroom and witnessed the crime.
However, after the man succeeded and fled to the ground along the scaffolding, the woman victim called the police for help.
Sham Shui Po Police District Criminal Intelligence Unit, Sham Shui Po Police District Criminal Investigation Team and Sham Shui Po Divisional Task Force conducted in-depth investigation and analysis and reviewed more than 50 hours of CCTV footage. They identified a suspect in connection with the case and was in Sham Shui Po yesterday. Fuk Hua Street arrested the 31-year-old Vietnamese man who was holding "street paper".
Police investigations revealed that the arrested man lived in the Sham Shui Po district and did not step on the line before committing the crime. He walked up the roof from the basement of the building along the stairs, and then climbed down from the roof to commit the crime.
Senior Inspector Yang Tiehao, the case supervisor of the third team of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Sham Shui Po Police District, explained the facts of the case.
(Photo by Yun Jiajin)
After further investigation and comparison of all CCTV footage, the police believe that the arrested man and three other shop burglaries occurred at Nos. 163 and 167 Yi Kuk Street, Sham Shui Po from July 6 to 12, and one occurred at 8. On October 20, another residential burglary in Dongming Building was related.
The value of the property involved in the five burglaries was approximately RMB 208,000.
The case is still under investigation, and the arrested man is being detained by the police for investigation.
The police emphasized that burglary is a serious crime. Once convicted, the maximum sentence is 14 years in prison. The public should not try the law.
The police urged that if people live in buildings undergoing major maintenance works and scaffolding is installed, they should always close the windows or install grilles to ensure safety.
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The incident occurred at about 2 pm this Sunday (22nd). A woman in her 30s with the surname Chen returned to the unit on the 10th floor of Dongming Building, 380 Lai Chi Kok Road, to visit her family. During this time, everyone in the family was busy in the room.
At this time, a "fishing burglary" occurred. A man stood on a scaffold on the outer wall and hooked it up with a bamboo clothes-drying bamboo about 2 meters long. It took about 40 seconds to hook away the handbag on the sofa. Ms. Chen found out that it was too late. , She yelled "Snatch 嘢", but the culprits immediately escaped along the scaffolding.
Ms. Chen called the police for help afterwards. She lost about 5,900 yuan, including 900 yuan in cash, handbags, wallets and documents, and credit cards.
Police are looking for a culprit wearing a long-sleeved shirt, dark trousers, a cap and a white mask.
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