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Pickpockets are also very active in grocery stores and restaurants in Chinatown.
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I personally saw a victim in distress after her purse was stolen while dining in the buffet restaurant, Jade garden.
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Not only pickpockets,
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there have been a few cases of robberies5 }7 G1 w' ^8 M6 t
in the middle of the day in Chinatown.
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is behind The Chinese hospital, near the Chiu Chow association, on La Gauchetire st.E.
( C1 w8 q, o& bThere is usually not much pedestrian traffic.
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My friend was robbed of her shoulder bag by brute force from behind at about 11am on one Sunday morning a few months ago.( E* G- g# ]3 u8 K4 i$ u) O |
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The robber and his accomplice waited in a car
9 L/ k$ B% k1 yfor a while in that area looking for people to rob. My friend didn't see anyone on the street' f5 ^! [: @: B! k
until the robber emerged from a car behind her.( \* R) x! U! M3 I$ f" o- m2 Q
After taking my friend's bag, he ran into a waiting car and sped away.4 M3 V9 }( d8 W+ H2 O# j
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Apparently the same people had done it before# F7 x0 t5 ]& R, e% f& e1 _( ?) W
in the exact same area a few times2 s: S% }& w/ z2 H) S) b' `9 d3 Q
before my friend's case,$ X/ B* C+ R9 I& J% Y
then still robbed some more people since then. }& u& \8 L9 D% M% P1 _2 ^! {
So far the victims have been women.3 E: R" F6 L& C# f( x! b( D
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If you walk in that area,
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