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There was a case where a thief stole something from an unmanned store without an employee, and then went back to the store to make a riot after the owner reported it.
Reporter Yoon Su-jin of G1 Broadcasting reports.
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I thought it was a customer, but suddenly he frantically scrambles through the items on the shelf.
There was no owner as it was an unmanned shop, but the customers next to me were startled and restless.
It turns out that this man has already been reported to have stolen from this store three times.
[Unmanned store owner: 'Why are you like this?', 'This is because the boss here reports that he was theft, and it makes me feel bad'...
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Without an owner, without stealing, without knowing the riot, he came back the next day and secretly apologized and disappeared with a note saying 'I'm sorry'.
Even if CCTVs are installed in all directions to prevent thieves in a small store, only 5 thefts were detected at this store within four months of opening the store.
They eat things that they haven't even paid for on the spot, or they just go out after taking things casually like in my own house.
It is of no use to warn thieves by putting them on their feet.
As it became difficult to make a living due to Corona 19, I opened an unmanned store that does not cost labor, but I am only thinking of closing it in less than half a year.
[Unmanned store owner: I never imagined that something like this would happen.
Actually, I'm thinking about going out of business, and I'm under a lot of stress...
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The number of domestic unmanned store theft arrests by the police increased nearly fivefold from 367 the previous year to 1,604 as of September last year.