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Pickpockets are also very active in grocery stores and restaurants in Chinatown.
' s& G& S4 h& d3 W' o5 w' zMy friends have seen a few cases., G( O& K' s! k3 i9 b+ J
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, _2 V; q' j% L1 N
as far as I know,) m C- O, i* {" z, H2 r! p
there have been a few cases of robberies0 e# T9 v3 I* i
in the middle of the day in Chinatown.+ u. j+ F* U5 V0 `" n0 P J) j
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One hot spot I know of
' a! r5 { i( nis behind The Chinese hospital, near the Chiu Chow association, on La Gauchetire st.E.
: G* E; p1 K! m7 K+ tThere 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.
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The robber and his accomplice waited in a car; o) Q& x N- i% j
for a while in that area looking for people to rob. My friend didn't see anyone on the street
# F/ Q/ x+ ^# `4 I+ O7 Suntil the robber emerged from a car behind her.) O5 _: m3 _1 P) }+ o5 w; T
After taking my friend's bag, he ran into a waiting car and sped away.
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3 t3 M. h# w4 z$ T8 E6 g; e2 G" nApparently the same people had done it before% ?; w' v+ @0 p; \, i
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then still robbed some more people since then. ]- M7 v. u- f% _/ I* X. d
So far the victims have been women.
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If you walk in that area,, P h9 u3 O0 ]- `' ?- ^6 k
it is a good idea not to walk alone,. q' o- w+ A6 h1 k/ E- Y
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