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Pickpockets are also very active in grocery stores and restaurants in Chinatown.* W$ Y( b, e3 g& {9 h8 q! u+ |
My friends have seen a few cases.
: m! E2 U# y* e- ]! _I personally saw a victim in distress after her purse was stolen while dining in the buffet restaurant, Jade garden.
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5 X) r* p" B# G, t, |Not only pickpockets, 2 D3 J! ^8 g' `
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there have been a few cases of robberies' P6 p6 a' {, Q
in the middle of the day in Chinatown.
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! i6 {' y- u, w. f5 b' B5 eOne hot spot I know of
* P, j% g, W7 ]7 u# {/ T3 z7 |; fis behind The Chinese hospital, near the Chiu Chow association, on La Gauchetire st.E.' x7 m6 ?( ]: z
There is usually not much pedestrian traffic.
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% X2 v! Z; Z+ d7 WMy friend was robbed of her shoulder bag by brute force from behind at about 11am on one Sunday morning a few months ago.+ |$ t) [3 ~3 A1 @% ]4 n
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The robber and his accomplice waited in a car& o2 j- m5 k) a. Q: M, R4 Q1 b2 o
for a while in that area looking for people to rob. My friend didn't see anyone on the street
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After taking my friend's bag, he ran into a waiting car and sped away.
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Apparently the same people had done it before
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before my friend's case,7 n& d, M3 J u' Q P& {
then still robbed some more people since then.0 ?$ `' h) b; ?. V& P% S$ T7 W
So far the victims have been women.
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If you walk in that area,
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