He was unemployed and learned how to rob from online posts. At the news conference, the investigators returned the male gold necklace worth more than 500,000 yuan that Zhao Xinzhan had robbed to the person in charge of Chen Dafu Jewelry Store.
The jewelry store did not have a single security guard. After "meticulous" planning, he decided to target a jewelry store. According to the post's "guidance," Zhao Xinzhan went to a hardware store and bought a hammer, got a black head cover for himself, and then bought a large black bag. Seeing this equipment, he still felt uneasy and went to a nearby toy store to buy a fake gun.
At around 2:10 PM on March 25th, a masked man wearing a dark coat and carrying a black tool bag suddenly broke into the Chen Dafu Jewelry Store located on Taiping South Road in Wenling City. The man smashed the counter glass with a hammer he carried and stole gold jewelry worth over a million yuan. The entire robbery lasted less than five minutes. After the robbery, the man walked away in broad daylight.
According to Zhao Xinzhan's confession, he had started wandering around near Taiping South Road since March 21st and had done multiple reconnaissance trips to several jewelry stores on the street. It was "after careful consideration that he acted." The reason why the Chen Dafu Jewelry Store became his first choice for robbery was because there were no security guards, and there were only four female waitresses in the store.
●The second call: At around 7 PM that night, the 110 emergency center received another call, which was from the owner of an internet cafe in Wenling. He claimed that the suspect might be one of their regular customers. The internet cafe owner informed the police that the customer's registered name was Zhao Xinzhan, a native of Xinxiang, Henan Province, who was 23 years old.
Through the obtained clues, the police further investigated Zhao Xinzhan and found out that he had worked at a shipyard in Songmen Jiaoshan. After being identified by the shipyard staff, it was confirmed that the suspect in the surveillance video was indeed Zhao Xinzhan.
●The third call: Just a few minutes after the second call ended, the phone rang again. The caller was a bank employee who claimed that the suspect had withdrawn money from an ATM recently. By checking the card information, it was discovered that the registered name was also Zhao Xinzhan.
After being caught, Zhao Xinzhan revealed to the police that after robbing the jewelry store, he immediately went back to his residence and destroyed the clothes he was wearing. Afterwards, he got a buzz cut, "so that no one would recognize me." To ensure safety, he packed the stolen gold jewelry tightly in a cardboard box and took it to the mountain that night, planning to "sell it when things quiet down."
It is understood that Zhao Xinzhan is 23 years old, originally from Xinxiang, Henan Province, and has been working in Wenling for several years. Previously, he was a worker at a shipyard in Songmen Jiaoshan but was laid off in early March.
Yesterday afternoon, the Wenling Public Security Bureau held a press conference. After 53 hours of continuous investigation, the police arrested the criminal suspect Zhao Xinzhan at 7:18 PM on the 27th, solving the jewelry store robbery case on March 25th.
Under the escort of the police, the suspect returned to the crime scene. The seized gold jewelry has been returned to the jewelry store.
All preparations were made, and he chose Taiping Road where there are many jewelry stores. Starting from the 21st, he began reconnaissance on several jewelry stores in the area. On the afternoon of the 25th, full of confidence, he carried out his planned robbery.
□Reporters: Chen Yixin, Li Chengjing
After confirming the suspect's identity, the police focused their main force on Songmen. At 7:18 PM on the 27th, Zhao Xinzhan, who had been hiding on the mountain in Songmen for a long time, took advantage of the night to go down the mountain, intending to escape again. When passing near Yu Ying Middle School, he was caught red-handed by the undercover detectives. Upon being captured, Zhao Xinzhan said, "I knew I would definitely be caught, as I have committed too many wrongdoings." Subsequently, he surrendered without resistance.
After losing his job, Zhao Xinzhan kept hanging around in internet cafes. During the process of surfing the web, he met a Henan-born hostess, and they quickly became lovers as fellow countrymen. To please his girlfriend, he often bought her clothes and cosmetics. After just a few days, Zhao Xinzhan had spent all his savings.
A few days later, a post about robbing a jewelry store caught his attention. The post detailed the process of robbing a jewelry store. After reading the post, Zhao Xinzhan's mind started racing.
With his financial situation becoming tight, he didn't rush to look for a job but continued to spend time online.
●The first call: In the evening, the 110 emergency center received a call from a taxi driver. He told the police that around 6 PM, he had picked up a passenger who looked suspiciously like the suspect. At the time, the passenger appeared extremely nervous. Without saying a word after getting in the car, he handed over 80 yuan and requested to "quickly leave Taiping and head to Songmen as fast as possible."
Arrest: Three citizens' calls pieced together the identity of the masked man.
Full of confidence, Zhao Xinzhan did not have to wait for the day when things "calmed down." 53 hours after the incident, he was arrested by the police.
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After receiving the alarm, the Wenling Public Security Bureau quickly sealed off the scene and established a special investigation team, organizing more than 200 police forces to investigate the case.
After reviewing all the video surveillance around the crime scene, the police initially identified the suspect as a short-haired man in his thirties with an average build. Subsequently, the police released the suspect's appearance from the video footage to the public and offered a reward of 50,000 yuan.
Currently, the case is still under trial.
How could such a large jewelry store not even have a single security guard? Faced with the reporter's question, Mr. Chen, the person in charge of the jewelry store, appeared somewhat embarrassed.
Mr. Chen told reporters that the store's security facilities were indeed weak, but originally there was a security guard. However, since last year's second half, when the store was robbed of millions of yuan worth of jewelry, he felt that "security guards were useless and planned to hire another batch." But in the meantime, the jewelry store couldn't find suitable security personnel. From last year's second half until March 25th, the store only had four female waitresses, planning to endure for a while until they could hire new security guards, but unexpectedly, such an incident occurred.
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