The vending machine was originally designed to make it easier for everyone to buy daily necessities, but because it was unattended, some criminals took a fancy to it. Recently, Jinhua Yongkang police arrested a seven-person theft gang. The gang members were all post-95 s, who specifically attacked outdoor vending machines at night.
Surveillance shows that at about 3 am, next to the vending machine on a roadside in Yongkang City, Jinhua, several young men repeatedly pushed and pulled the vending machine, and the movement was very large. Then they carried some goods from the machine to a car, and then drove away. In order to avoid police tracing, the license plates of the vehicles involved were intentionally blocked, and the suspects also wore masks.
Subsequently, the gang appeared in Yazhuang Village, Zhiying Town, which was nearby. First, one of the men got off the bus to watch the wind, and then got off the bus together to commit the crime. Hearing someone passing by, several men quickly hid in the car and waited for the pedestrians to go far before committing the theft again. It is understood that snacks, cigarettes and drinks were all looted in the stolen vending machine, involving about 3,000 yuan.
After monitoring and checking, the police of Jinhua Yongkang Development Zone police station found that there were many similar cases and they were determined to commit crimes for the same group.
According to the suspect Lou, he recently saw a lottery promotion advertisement on a vending machine. After participating many times, he didn’t win the prize. He lost his mind and contacted several friends. By shaking the vending machine, the goods inside were swept away.
The criminal suspect Lou bought something more than one yuan in a one-yuan way, and it has a chance to fall out. Lou tried this method, and as a result, nothing fell out after spending more than 100 yuan. At that time, he was psychologically unbalanced, so he discussed with his friends and came up with the idea of shaking things out of the machine.
After further investigation, all seven members of the theft gang were arrested. Except for two of them who committed crimes for the first time and were sentenced to administrative detention for 10 days for a small amount involved, the other five were sentenced to criminal detention for many times of gang theft.
(Video source: Zhejiang Education Internship Editor: Ruoyun)