Man Robs Bank Then Waits for Police
Posted on: Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 06:00 CDT
A Taiwanese man robbed a bank with a toy gun on Tuesday, but waited to be arrested instead of running away, claiming he wanted to be jailed to avoid repaying a loan shark, police said.
When police arrived at the bank, they said they found 45-year-old Chiang Tu-cheng sitting in a chair holding 230,000 New Taiwan dollars (US$6,800) in cash from the bank in the southern city of Chiayi.
Police said Chiang told them he did not mean to rob the bank, but he wanted police to arrest him so he did not have to face the loan shark.
But police doubted his claim.
"If we had not arrived so soon, perhaps he would have grabbed the money and run away," said police officer, who would only give his surname, Lee.
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