Recently, the Chongqing Nan'an police smashed two gangs of theft cables, involving more than 400,000 yuan, and arrested 7 suspects.
Chongqing Nan'an police received a report that the 70-meter copper-core communication cable buried in the ground was cut and stolen.
The police retrieved the live video and found that a van with a "Chongqing Telecom Emergency Repair" sign placed on the front of the motor vehicle was parked on Nanxing Road, Nan'an District, and four "staff" wearing reflective vests cooperated skillfully and opened three The manhole cover, more than 70 meters of cables were pulled out of the manhole in less than an hour, and then stuffed into the van and left the scene.
The police handling the case was puzzled after seeing the video.
By verifying the situation with the telecommunication line laying and maintenance department, it was determined that no maintenance work has been carried out on this road section, the van is not owned by the unit, and the four "maintenance personnel" are not employees of the company.
Two gangs of thefts disguised as maintenance crews have surfaced.
Soon, seven suspects were arrested by the police.
According to the suspect's account, they purchased professional maintenance tools such as vans, winding racks, reflective vests, and conical buckets, and stole it as "maintenance" personnel in many places. Although passers-by passed by from time to time, no one was suspicious, and they succeeded many times. .
At present, all seven suspects are under criminal detention by the public security organs in accordance with the law.
(Reporter Jia Nan's video comes from Chongqing Nan'an Police)
Responsible editor: [Cheng Chunyu]