South Africans arrested for theft

By 임정요

Published : April 25, 2016 - 13:37

Two South African nationals were booked without detention on Monday for stealing from Korean banks.

The Busan Yeonje police said one of the man, a 23-year-old, had asked to see a bundle of 50,000 won ($40) notes from a bank in Busan to decide how much currency he wanted to exchange. While holding the money in front of the bank’s teller, he took nine notes from the bottom of the stack without being detected.

Busan Yeonje police station (Yonhap)

The teller later discovered the theft and reported the incident to the police, who tracked the men down to a detention center in a different region where they had been caught attempting the same trick.

The police found that the two men had entered the country on short-term tourist visas and attempted to steal ten times from convenience stores and banks.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)