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A 30-year-old passenger was arrested after giving a taxi driver a drink with sleeping pills and stealing money.
According to the police today (the 5th), the Daejeon Western Police Station arrested A (34) on charges of robbery and sent it to the prosecution.
On the 18th of last month, in the parking lot of a building in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, Mr. A was charged with stealing credit cards and cell phones while the driver was asleep after recommending a drink containing a sleeping pill to a taxi driver who accompanied him for 1 night and 2 days from Ulsan. I receive.
In the same way, he is also accused of stealing the wallet of a taxi driver who accompanied him from a motel in Daejeon on the 22nd of last month.
The taxi driver also accompanied Mr. A from Ulsan for 3 days and 2 nights.
The police explained, "It is a case of repeated crimes taking advantage of the weakened boundaries of taxi drivers while traveling long distances together."
Mr. A bought 10 million won worth of cell phones and laptops with the stolen credit card and re-selled it to raise cash, and spent 2 million won for entertainment
. After finding out that he had purchased a train ticket to Ulsan, Mr. A was arrested in Ulsan.
It turned out that Mr. A had a previous conviction for fraud and other crimes, and after serving a sentence for a similar crime, he could not find a suitable job even after being released.