A group of teenagers accused of stealing cash worth around 10 million won while making the rounds of claw machine shops was caught by police.
Seoul Mapo Police Station said on the 30th that it is investigating five teenagers on suspicion of special theft. They are accused of forcibly opening the bill exchange machines and stealing money at five unmanned claw machine shops on Hongdae Street in Mapo-gu in the early morning hours on the 12th and on the 18th.
It was found that the group stole about 16 million won in cash. The crimes were reportedly carried out by cutting the locks of the bill exchange machines in the shops with bolt cutters.
According to police, four of them were arrested on warrants, and the remaining one was apprehended after voluntarily appearing.
Police applied for arrest warrants for four of the five, citing concerns they might flee, but the court rejected them. They are currently being investigated without detention.
Police plan to investigate the specific details of the crimes.