Caught: Each driver received 10% of the stolen money
The police officers of "Fuyang Public Security Online" stated in an interview with journalists that the strong mobility of people on the bus, the fast action of thieves, quick selling of stolen goods and fast transfer made it difficult for the police to crack down on them. "If the public reported cases in time, the police could use this as a basis for serial case investigation, through scientific analysis, to figure out the characteristics, methods and time periods of the pickpockets' crimes, then carry out targeted crackdown work." (Wang Yun, Wu Shang)
When committing crimes, they would exchange seats with passengers in front by pretending to get off the bus, and thus steal row by row. Some passengers at the back noticed them and intentionally shone their phone lights, then one of the pickpockets took out a dagger and threatened the passengers not to make any noise. When the bus arrived near Lianghekou, they had already stolen everything, it was dawn, and these two pickpockets got off the bus...
Investigation: Drivers frequently braked to confuse passengers for easier theft
Different netizens reported the same situation! This situation caused high attention from the management team of "Fuyang Public Security Online". After learning about the situation, Fuyang Public Security Bureau Director Xu Gang was enraged and instructed the SWAT team to verify, and if true, resolutely crack down.
Captain He Wengang of the Special Anti-Pickpocket Team of Fuyang Municipal SWAT immediately met with netizen "Happy", and organized police forces to promptly conduct investigations, interviews, and analytical research.
In order to investigate and gather evidence, within several months, the police disguised themselves and boarded the vehicle for investigation dozens of times. After understanding the criminal pattern and locking down suspects, they prepared to start "closing the net".
At around 3 a.m. on January 16, 2012, the detectives gathered for the operation. But strangely, after waiting for a long time, a suspicious vehicle still remained parked beside the train station without opening its doors. Helplessly, the detectives who were supposed to split into two groups all boarded another suspicious vehicle. More strangely, the few targets on the suspicious vehicle they boarded suddenly became very quiet. Did the investigative actions expose and alert the criminals? The doubt was quickly resolved. Originally, while the SWAT team was secretly investigating, this group had already come into the sight of the Fuyang City Yingquan District police force.
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Bus drivers colluded with theft gangs. After the driver filled the bus with passengers, he invited gang members on board. Then both parties closely cooperated and stole extensively on the bus. Since 2009, this gang has committed over 150 crimes, involving 200,000 yuan, and their victims were mostly migrant workers and students returning home. After being stolen from twice in a row, a victim from Fuyang reported to "Fuyang Public Security Online (Weibo)", which angered Fuyang Public Security Bureau Director Xu Gang, who dispatched the SWAT team to solve the case.
On February 15, reporters learned from the Fuyang Municipal Public Security Bureau that after deep investigation by the Yingquan police, more than 150 pickpocketing cases were solved, involving over 200,000 yuan worth of property. Currently, the other suspects involved are still being pursued.
Report: Drivers collude with thieves to steal from passengers
On the night before the SWAT implemented the arrest, the Yingquan police took the lead and controlled one of the suspects, Zhang Mou. After review, Zhang Mou confessed that he conspired with suspect Li Mou (nickname Maotou). Li Mou would take advantage of the opportunity on the bus driven by Zhang Mou from Fuyang to Taihe to steal from passengers, and give him 10% of the stolen money. To better uncover the crime, the anti-pickpocket team of the SWAT handed over the clues obtained in the early stage to the Yingquan police.
To further confirm the suspects, SWAT members endured the cold winter and continued operations. They took turns disguising themselves as migrant workers returning home and students on vacation, riding on the suspected vehicles, secretly tracking several suspects, and initially grasped the criminal methods of this gang: First, park the car in a quiet place at the Fuyang train station square and "mark the boat to find the lost sword". Several thieves loitered near the vehicle, observing passengers to determine the target of the crime; Around 5 a.m., when the passengers on the bus were almost full, the driver started playing some crosstalk sketches and spicy dance performance videos, gradually increasing the volume to distract the passengers' attention. During the journey, frequent braking was used, deliberately making the car drive smoothly, "swaying" the passengers to sleep. In this way, the passengers' belongings "flew" into their pockets without them knowing.
Online police officers learned from their exchanges with netizen "Happy" that the reason for his report was due to his two personal experiences: There was a tall pickpocket, at least 1.75 meters tall, estimated to be about forty years old. Another one was not very tall, less than 1.7 meters, about thirty years old, they boarded the bus without luggage, obviously not passengers going home. Originally thought it was common to have pickpockets on the bus, so didn't think much of it, but on his way home, on the bus to Taihe, "Happy" encountered pickpockets using the same method again...
On September 17, 2011, a microblog report caught the attention of the administrator of the Fuyang Municipal Public Security Bureau's official microblog "Fuyang Public Security Online". Tencent netizen "Happy" (pseudonym) reported online: The passenger buses stopping at the Fuyang train station square at night, traveling between Fuyang and Taihe, Bozhou, had rampant theft, with drivers and robbers colluding, stealing together from passengers on the bus. When reporting, the netizen not only gave out the license plate numbers of two suspected "thief cars", but also left his contact information, stating that he would be responsible for his report.
Not long after "Happy" reported, "Fuyang Public Security Online" received a private message from another netizen "Ge Fei" (pseudonym). He told in his private message that he was a Fuyang native working in Zhejiang. Recently, on his way back to his hometown of Taihe in Fuyang, he unfortunately boarded a "thief bus", and after careful recollection, the "lame" thief who stole from him on this bus had stolen from him last year on a bus.
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At around 12 p.m. on January 31, after relentless efforts by the police, another suspect Li Mou was captured at Chunlin Fitness Bathhouse in Zhangbei Community, Yingdong District. According to his confession, since 2009, he had joined this theft gang and, along with Zhang Mou and others, carried out multiple thefts on the bus by cutting bags and picking pockets.