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Pickpockets are also very active in grocery stores and restaurants in Chinatown. v9 R4 S# M2 }5 `# N4 D3 {: x# b
My friends have seen a few cases.' u9 h5 U! T, x1 K" v# c+ S+ z
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, + h6 t3 Y* Z1 F
as far as I know,& H1 ?3 w5 ^3 s, F6 ~
there have been a few cases of robberies1 I7 f8 T. [- q4 D' f# P" J, n3 j
in the middle of the day in Chinatown.1 k: m! n. P# s
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One hot spot I know of1 B* S$ h0 F/ d0 i! V
is behind The Chinese hospital, near the Chiu Chow association, on La Gauchetire st.E.
2 [0 a: K9 G" i7 `9 {5 \5 CThere is usually not much pedestrian traffic.' E {: w$ l0 M, P; t4 Z8 O* N# _' p
% }& m; p* Q$ C E3 GMy friend was robbed of her shoulder bag by brute force from behind at about 11am on one Sunday morning a few months ago.- h) _2 z y, B
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The robber and his accomplice waited in a car
- t, K$ Y- f {3 g5 Kfor 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+ Q& ?) j+ s" F0 d7 h
in the exact same area a few times- M/ S3 _: g; ]' _, ?- H: c8 \
before my friend's case,
$ H7 W4 K. B+ e( s- s9 J$ [5 A6 X& p: pthen still robbed some more people since then.4 I3 a* _4 g! J7 r: `. B* D7 o/ r
So far the victims have been women.& C7 g: B) Q; T' b$ c% Y q
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If you walk in that area,9 \1 e& V! Y& j' a, g7 }
it is a good idea not to walk alone,. H! P# m2 S# u
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