A 40-year-old man who committed robbery and theft by targeting only an apartment in Gangnam, Seoul was arrested. In a week, they stole or stolen more than 200 million won, but they were caught trying to sell luxury clothes second-hand.
Correspondent Yoon Jeong-ju.
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It is in front of a crosswalk in Gangnam, Seoul on the 19th.
Police officers in plain clothes rushed and caught the man who was about to cross the street.
He immediately lays him on the floor, handcuffs him, and takes him to the police station.
[정건우/목격자 : 영업 중이었는데 소리가 들리고 해서 밖을 보니까 어떤 한 분은 쓰러져 계시고 한 서너 분 정도가 못 움직이게 제압하고 계시더라고요.]
The man arrested is a 40-year-old man A, who was charged with robbery and theft.
A broke the security window into an empty apartment in Gangnam, Seoul on the night of the 15th.
While stealing, when the owner of the house returned, he suddenly threatened with a weapon, stole his wallet, etc. and ran away.
[아파트 주민 : 막 떠드는 소리가 나더라고. 문 열고 나가봤더니 한 경찰관이 20명인가 있더라고요. 도둑맞았다고 그러더라고. 도둑이, 강도가 들었었다고.]
In this way, in one week, he committed seven crimes in two apartment complexes.
It was found that the amount of stolen or stolen items alone, such as precious metals and cash, amounted to 220 million won.
Person A was found to have stated in the police investigation that “I committed a crime to use it for living expenses, and only aimed at an apartment in Gangnam, Seoul.”
To avoid tracking, the cell phone was turned off and on again, but the stolen luxury clothes were sold to a second-hand dealer and caught.
The police pinpointed the location of the payphone where the police were calling the second-hand dealer and caught Mr. A, who was nearby.
Person A, who had applied for an arrest warrant, suddenly did not appear at the court’s substantive examination of the warrant scheduled for the afternoon of the 21st, stating that he would just go to jail.