The most wanted criminal in Pingtung City, Xiao Nan (right), bought scratch-off games against his will to try his luck. He failed to win but attracted Kaohsiung police to ban him and handcuff him.

(Photographed by reporter Huang Liangjie)

[Reporter Huang Liangjie/Kaohsiung Report] A 29-year-old man surnamed Xiao from Kaohsiung happily went to the lottery shop in Qianjin District with his friends yesterday to try his luck by buying scratch-offs. The suspension of the car for violations attracted the attention of the patrolling police. They checked the identities of Xiao and the other two. Xiao Nan was found to be a wanted criminal and told that he was screened and wanted at the end of last year. Xiao Nan said he didn't know he was wanted. The police arrested him and brought him to justice.

The Xinxing Branch pointed out today that the police from the former Gold Institute were patrolling in the early morning of yesterday. When the team patrolled the intersection of Ruiyuan Road and Liuhe 2nd Road in the Qianjin District, they found a black car parked illegally on the red line of Xiaoke. Xiao Nan (29 years old), the driver who was buying scratch-off tickets, and his friends ran out in a hurry when they saw the policeman, shouting "I'll drive away immediately!" The policeman warned him of the reason for the driving violation.

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The police inquired about the basic information of the two people and found that Xiao Nan was a wanted criminal issued by the Pingtung District Prosecutor's Office on December 26 last year. Settled for work, I haven’t returned to my hometown in Neipu, Pingtung for a long time, so I didn’t notice the news that I was going to appear in court, and I couldn’t be found in hiding. After police interrogation, I sent him to the Pingtung District Prosecutor’s Office for investigation .