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Thief targeted guests at wedding banquets
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-02-11 11:26

A pickpocket who reaped a fortune stealing from guests at wedding banquets was arrested in Tongling, Anhui province, last month.

The thief, Wang, explained that it was easy to steal from guests who drank heavily at banquets.

He had managed to get away with it for a while and earned 200,000 yuan ($29,400) before he was captured.

He said he spent nearly all his ill-gotten gains on gambling.