A couple in Dangyang, just to satisfy their eyes at home, formed a group to steal bonsai

Core tip: Out of personal hobby, a couple in Dangyang brought their nephew along and drove as a group to steal bonsai. After more than 20 days of tracking and investigation, Dangyang police successfully arrested the three

Three Gorges Evening News (Reporter Chen Yichao, Correspondents Zhang Xiaodong, Feng Song) Out of personal hobby, a couple in Dangyang brought their nephew along and drove as a group to steal bonsai. After more than 20 days of tracking and investigation, Dangyang police successfully arrested the three. On June 21, the three criminal suspects surnamed Wang, Li and Yan were placed under compulsory measures by Dangyang police in accordance with the law.

Since June, multiple bonsai theft cases had occurred in the urban area of Dangyang. Dangyang police attached great importance to the matter and quickly set up a special investigation team, reviewed massive amounts of surveillance video, and visited a large number of residents. Eventually, local residents Mr. and Mrs. Wang came into the police's sight.

On the afternoon of June 19, Wang went out by bike with his nephew Yan and was arrested by police lying in wait. Li, who knew nothing about it, went to the police station to ask questions and ended up walking right into the trap. Upon interrogation, Wang, Li and Yan all quite liked bonsai plants but did not want to spend their own money to buy them, so the three hit it off and decided to steal bonsai from other people's homes in the urban area to keep and admire in their own home.

Since June, Wang and the other two had carried out 4 thefts in the urban area of Dangyang, stealing 2 pots of sago palms, 2 pots of radermachera, and 1 pot of miniature rock landscape. At present, all the stolen bonsai have been recovered, and the case is still under further investigation.

The photo shows the recovered bonsai. Photo provided by police