A total of 734 items estimated at NT$1 million was recovered
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/21
By: Juvina Lai, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A group of Vietnamese tourists were arrested on grounds of
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theft and shoplifting when it came to the attention of city officials that places the group had visited had lodged complaints about lost or missing goods.
On Jan. 15, a store in Taipei Main Station, realized that 107 item were missing upon checking their inventory, and lodged a complaint at the police station. After investigation and scrutiny of video footage captured by the store’s CCTV camera, the officials came to the conclusion that a group of Vietnamese tourists who had visited the store on Jan. 12 were the culprits.
Upon further investigation of the group and their tour details it came to light that they had also visited a store in Ximending on the Jan. 13, where another report of 295 missing items were reported, followed by 332 items stolen from a store the group visited in Taichung.
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