Five in custody accused of three local burglaries
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The lock on the door of a shop being broken.
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The suspects steal in a shop they burgle into.
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A street camera catches the suspects as they burgle into a shop.
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The suspects are brought to the scene of burglary after being caught by the police.
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Five suspects have been apprehended for alleged burglaries of three shops in northwest Shanghai, police said today.
Officers at Jiacheng Police Station in Jiading District received a report at 1am on Tuesday about a robbery at a mobile phone shop on Qinghe Road.
From surveillance cameras on the street, police spotted five men who broke the lock on the shop's door and entered it.
Three mobile phones were stolen, police said.
The suspects are also alleged to have broken into a cigarette and alcohol shop, as well as a store that sells wedding cakes.
High-value goods were stolen from both shops, according to the police.
Police soon identified the suspects and tracked them down later on Tuesday in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.
The suspects are under detention.
More than 97 percent of all burglary cases reported in Shanghai so far this year have been solved, Shanghai police said.
