China Scene: North
China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-17 07:56
Police exorcise thieves posing as Buddhist nuns
Authorities have closed the net on a gang of women thieves who dressed up as Buddhist nuns to cheat residents or steal their valuables as they pretended to free them from evil spirits and other malign influences in their homes.
Over the past week, the gang of 20, headed by an Anhui province woman surnamed Zhou, robbed many households in Beijing.
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