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Pickpockets are also very active in grocery stores and restaurants in Chinatown.. U1 I6 P. ]- ~5 M" U3 F, o+ \
My friends have seen a few cases.
" A- e0 N" W$ M) LI personally saw a victim in distress after her purse was stolen while dining in the buffet restaurant, Jade garden." [* u( \$ S+ U* U1 u5 ]. ]
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Not only pickpockets,
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in the middle of the day in Chinatown.' g4 A( Y* T5 V& e
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One hot spot I know of) D# _# w' S" b, O. n# S& G# r
is behind The Chinese hospital, near the Chiu Chow association, on La Gauchetire st.E.
$ i' i ~9 S" q0 N4 ~$ R: J7 r3 FThere is usually not much pedestrian traffic.
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" z0 K! W" K# |My friend was robbed of her shoulder bag by brute force from behind at about 11am on one Sunday morning a few months ago.! R' l7 y" c4 a9 c0 P* r
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The robber and his accomplice waited in a car, W2 G2 y S7 R3 d1 T* r0 |
for a while in that area looking for people to rob. My friend didn't see anyone on the street
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' O" u! k* l, W% F. E& CAfter 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 before4 E# e# n' | v
in the exact same area a few times/ K7 A3 {$ p' V% n, I9 F
before my friend's case,
" i+ u6 `5 q* l) r* O" `2 Kthen still robbed some more people since then.
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0 W: n8 |3 P; H7 h* i% \If you walk in that area,& C y" ?4 J: I/ ?- x B5 Z
it is a good idea not to walk alone,
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