Foreign National Steals BMW in Changwon... Caught Stealing at PC Bang in Ansan

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] A man in his 20s from Kazakhstan, who entered a car dealership in Changwon, Gyeongnam pretending to be a customer and drove away with a displayed foreign car, was caught in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province.

The Changwon Jungbu Police Station announced on the 21st that they have booked A (21) on theft charges.

A is accused of driving away a BMW passenger car worth about 25 million won from a used car dealership in Seongsan-gu, Changwon City, around 7 p.m. on the 29th of last month.

At the time, A used the key left inside the car for test driving convenience and drove the car away from the scene.

A was also under police investigation for repeatedly stealing cash from the counter of a PC bang in Ansan.

The police identified and tracked A based on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and made an emergency arrest in Ansan in the early morning of the 18th.

The stolen passenger car was found as an accident vehicle in Ansan on the 7th.

The car hit a streetlight on a street in Danwon-gu, Ansan, and then caught fire.

The police presume that the driver who fled the scene at that time was A.

A police official said, "The suspect was being pursued by police in various regions for theft activities in Ansan and Changwon," and added, "We plan to confirm detailed crime facts through investigation."