(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-04-09 09:33

Feng, a resident of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, thought he had outsmarted the neighborhood thieves.

"I bought a new car, and I leave it parked outside my apartment every night. Because the local thieves seem to like stealing license plates, I remove my plates every night. But then on Saturday morning, I went out to my car to find that the tires had been stolen," Feng said dejectedly.

Police said they had heard about plenty of cases of stolen license plates, but this was the first involving stolen tires. Police are investigating.