China News Service, April 28. According to a comprehensive compilation report by New Zealand Tianwei.com, recently, a series of burglary cases occurred in Auckland, New Zealand, which made retailers very nervous.

The Chinese owner of a liquor store in Auckland had to live in the store because of repeated robberies to prevent thieves from "patronizing".

　　The Chinese owner and her husband jointly run the Sandringham Liquor Centre, a bustling area in central Auckland.

The store has experienced four burglaries and one raid since last November, and now the Chinese owner's husband has to live in the store to stop thieves from breaking in.

　　Their liquor store was stolen twice in November last year, and was robbed again last Tuesday (19th) and Thursday (21st).

It was also robbed once on March 27 this year.

Thieves stole tobacco, alcohol and cash from the store.

The five incidents resulted in an estimated NZ$50,000 in damages.

　　The 55-year-old Chinese shop owner told reporters that her husband has been staying in the shop all night since last Thursday (21st), holding a racket in his hand to prevent thieves from entering the house.

He had to stare at the monitor all the time, dozed off in a chair when he was sleepy, worried that he would fall asleep when he went to bed.

　　After being robbed, their store door was also damaged and temporarily covered with a wooden door.

The Chinese shop owner has ordered stronger shutters, but she worries it could take up to 10 weeks to install.

　　The couple have been running the store for 13 years.

Regarding the continuous theft cases, the Chinese shopkeeper noticed that the way of committing the crime was similar and suspected that it was done by a group of people.

In the worst case last year, thieves almost stole the wine from the store, leaving only a bottle or two.

　　Local businesses are negotiating with a local security company to set up patrols there.

　　Counties Manukau Police Detective Inspector Karen Bright said because many of the robbery offenders were teenagers and lacked self-control, tragedy was likely.

　　"We know they're young, a lot of them are 11 to 14 years old... We're really concerned." He said police were working with social media companies because it was clear that a lot of these kinds of robbery videos were posted online. May have adverse induction effects.

　　Bright assured affected businesses that police are investigating all crimes.

(Jackie Shan)