Police crack own on men stealing parcels
A suspect in the Yangpu District case is questioned by police.
Parcels piled up outside residential complexes have proved too much of a temptation for a number of thieves caught by police this month.
In Yangpu District on Sunday, a delivery company reported to police that over 50 parcels put outside a residential complex on Anbo Road for customers to collect had gone.
Checking street surveillance cameras, police spotted a man wearing a Freshippo uniform taking the parcels, opened them up boxes and stuffed contents in his backpack before riding off on his e-bike.
The man, surnamed Wang, was caught on Monday morning, and police said he had confessed to stealing a Freshippo uniform and an e-bike to steal the parcels. He doesn’t work for Freshippo, police said.
In Jing’an District, a man was caught on March 18 for stealing parcels from a number of residential complexes in the Pengpu Xincun area.
Police investigated after a woman reported on March 8 that her parcel of shampoo had been stolen.
When the man surnamed Lin was caught 10 days later he had just committed another theft, police said, and they found 153 stolen parcels at his home.
These items stolen in a number of thefts in Jing'an District were found at a suspect's home.
