3 People Used Slingshots to Smash Car Windows and Steal Property, the Youngest Being Only 16 Years Old

On November 11, the police successfully captured the criminal gang including the compatriot brothers Tan X Wei, Tan X Tuan, and Zhou X Quan who was only 16 years old. According to their confessions, Tan X Wei was sentenced to six months in prison for stealing a motorcycle in 2007, and then served another one and a half years in prison for burglary in 2009. He was just released in May this year. Tan X Wei confessed that he met his jailmate Luo from Yichun, Jiangxi while serving time in prison, who told him that a slingshot and steel balls could be used to break car windows for theft. In June this year, after being released from prison, Luo specially came to Yangjiang and taught Tan X Wei and others this theft technique.

Southern Daily (Weibo) News (Reported by Bi Shiming, Communicated by Chen Mingxiu and Tan Guose) Recently, the Yangjiang Public Security Bureau solved a series of cases involving the use of slingshots to smash car windows and steal property inside vehicles. They arrested three suspects, with the youngest being only 16 years old.

A jailmate specially traveled to teach the theft skills, resulting in a trio smashing 67 cars.

Since July this year, there have been frequent cases of car window break-ins and thefts of items inside vehicles parked on the streets of Yangjiang City. On July 28, seven cars parked in front of a shop on Xinhua North Road were all damaged, which was the most severe incident. By the time the police solved the case, there had been a total of 45 such theft cases within the city area alone, involving 67 vehicles. After one and a half months of surveillance, the police finally identified the suspects.