The police found the tools of the crime and the red helmet worn during the crime in the stolen locomotive.

(Photographed by reporter Lin Jiadong)

[Reporter Lin Jiadong/Keelung Report] A man surnamed Cai relied on blacksmithing for a living. Due to lack of money to spend, he took money-making tools such as a grinder and a crowbar, and stole 7 claw machines in Xizhi District, New Taipei City. He got more than 20,000 yuan. Small change; police investigation, Cai Nan always wears a red hard hat when committing crimes, followed the route to catch Cai Nan and seized the red hard hat and other crime tools when committing crimes.

The Xizhi police transferred Cai Nanyi's aggravated theft charge to the Shilin District Prosecutor's Office for investigation today.

In Zhangshu 1st Road, Zhongxiao East Road, and Xintai 5th Road in Xizhi District, New Taipei City, there have been 7 incidents since March this year. After the cash box of a claw machine was damaged and locked, 25,650 yuan in change was stolen.

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The Xizhi Police Station in the jurisdiction inspected the surveillance cameras and found that the thieves who committed the seven thefts were wearing red safety helmets. The police identified a 35-year-old man surnamed Cai as a serious suspect.

At 3 o'clock in the morning on the 13th, when the police patrolled to a convenience store in Section 1 of Xintai 5th Road, they found Cai suspects in the store and immediately arrested him. Later, in his locomotive, they seized a grinder and its battery, 1 A crowbar, a red hard hat and a metal knuckle tiger and other crime tools.

After Cai was arrested, he confessed that he worked as an ironworker on weekdays, and he was sometimes absent from work. Because of lack of money, he used the grinder and crowbar he used for daily work to destroy the lock of the cash box of the claw machine, and then searched the cash box. Change, all the stolen money has been spent.

After the police call, the police transferred the suspect to the Shilin District Prosecutor's Office for investigation based on the aggravated theft and violation of the Firearms, Ammunition, and Knives Regulations. Suspected of re-offending.

Yang Youhui, the director of the Xizhi Police Station, called on the owner of the claw machine to install real-time monitoring and other monitoring equipment in the store. If he finds that the thief has damaged the lock of the cash box in the store and immediately reports the case, the police will definitely investigate to the end and will not be lenient.

Cai Nan stole claw machines one after another in Xizhi District, New Taipei City.

(Photographed by reporter Lin Jiadong)