Robber Lu Xianzhou: He robbed cash transport trucks twice, and the theft exposed his whereabouts. What happened next?

Robbery of cash transport truck in 1996

Lu Xianzhou, a native of Beijing, was a driver of Beijing Shouqi Industrial Co., Ltd. In 1983, he was sentenced to death for committing theft, with a two-year suspended sentence, and his Beijing household registration was revoked. While serving his sentence, he escaped from prison in February 1994. Together with Guo Song, a released prisoner, and others, he secretly organized a group of released persons and fugitives, and together they fled to the Sino-Vietnamese border to purchase a batch of military firearms and ammunition. During this period, they practiced repeatedly and specialized in Theft, robbery and murder are professional crimes.

In February 1996, Lu Xianzhou organized a robbery in a planned manner. He discussed the time and place of the robbery with his accomplices, and after purchasing the equipment, on February 8, he escaped from prison with his accomplices. He stopped a China Construction Bank cash transport truck, killed a bank staff member during the robbery, and robbed the car of millions of dollars. The robbery process was clean and tidy.

Before anyone could react, he and his accomplices had already fled with the money. Looking back at Lu Xianzhou's entire crime process, he was very fast. The whole process only took six minutes. After the crime was successfully committed, he did not stay too long and fled the scene quickly, leaving almost no clues. Therefore, it caused a lot of trouble for the police. The difficulty of investigation and arrest.

This is the first large-scale bank robbery in Beijing after the founding of New China. The public security department took it very seriously and immediately launched an investigation overnight. However, the gangster was very powerful in his mind and had thought up all the ways to escape. He did not leave any traces at the scene. He was indeed quite cunning. In the police's meticulous investigation, even though several months have passed, they still have not found any clues about Lu Xianzhou.

At that time, everyone believed that the gangsters should find a way to escape after committing the robbery, because in the 1990s, one million dollars in cash was a huge amount of money. After everyone relaxed their vigilance, the gangsters suddenly appeared again in everyone's sight.

Only four months later, Lu Xianzhou and his accomplices appeared again. On June 3, 1996, a cash transport truck in Chaoyang District was robbed again by gangsters. All 760,000 cash was taken away, and the entire crime process only took 5 minutes.

After Lu Xianzhou succeeded in the theft, he and his accomplices fled the scene in a vehicle and armed with guns, at an unimaginable speed. It is unimaginable that just a few months later, the criminal suspect boldly carried out another robbery. The amount was still not a small amount, and the speed was still very fast. After the robbery was successful, he and his accomplices still quickly fled the scene.

But no one expected that when the police were conducting a city-wide manhunt, Lu Xianzhou would be so bold as to appear again.

On August 27, 1996, a cash transport truck belonging to the Beijing Haidian District branch was robbed again. A total of four bank employees were killed or injured. The gangsters finally fled in panic. Although the gangsters returned empty-handed this time, what was unexpected was that they were so bold that after the crime was over, they dared to return to the scene of the crime and observe the police from behind. It is for this reason that these cases It makes it more difficult for the police to solve the case. Moreover, due to the speed and number of crimes committed by the gangsters, the general public has become panic-stricken.

Theft reveals whereabouts

Although Lu Xianzhou and his accomplices had appropriate tactics, their minds were no match for the police’s thinking after all, and there were always areas where their feet were revealed, and the police were passing by After careful investigation of the gangster's movement trajectory, it was found that this group of people first stole cars and then carried out robbery and criminal activities. This criminal activity was only discovered by the police after the third crime. When they were committing the fourth crime, this clue was finally confirmed by the police and the suspect was brought to justice.

The gangsters are relatively single in tactics. Before each operation, they steal a car and then repeatedly visit the location to determine the robbery location. This idea was discovered by the police after the third time. , so the police paid close attention to the recently stolen car and followed the clues. When the police were investigating on September 3, they suddenly received a report from a manager of a company living in Puhui Beili, Haibin District: his yellow Nissan 3.0 car was suddenly stolen, with the car number Beijing A-08786. The police who received the news were heartbroken. They were immediately relieved, indicating that their previous guesses were correct, and this shocking robbery case finally came to light.

At the same time, the police quickly investigated the stolen vehicles, notified all road sections to be on guard, keep a close eye on the stolen vehicles, and immediately arrested the suspects if they appeared.

At about 12 o'clock in the evening on September 8, 1996, a garage inspector in a hotel in Beijing was doing a routine inspection as usual. When he walked to parking lot B, he suddenly discovered a car being used. The stolen Nissan car was reported to the police immediately. After hearing the news, the police quickly rushed to the garage mentioned by the witnesses. Teams of detectives handling the case were ambushing all around. Once the gangsters appeared, they would immediately surround them from all sides and subdue the gangsters.

When all the police officers were paying close attention until about 1:30 in the morning, two hurried figures suddenly walked out of the hotel, got into a Nissan car and were about to leave. It was too late, but at that moment, the police stationed around were already on guard, and everyone immediately swarmed forward and rushed forward quickly. At this time, the gangster had noticed the police's movement and was about to drive away. The police immediately fired a warning shot but was ignored. In the blink of an eye, the car in front of him was beaten shapeless. The police immediately stepped forward to capture the gangster and intercepted it from the car. Many tools of crime, as well as a large number of illegal firearms.

After the gangsters were arrested, the police conducted a surprise interrogation overnight. One of the gangsters captured was Lu Xianzhou, the leader of the gang. He confessed to his criminal behavior and gave a detailed explanation. They found the hiding places of other accomplices. On September 10, the police dispatched multiple commando teams to conduct separate arrests, and captured Guo Song and a group of gangsters in one fell swoop.

In the end, Lu Xianzhou died of his injuries in the hospital. Soon his accomplice Guo Song was also sentenced to death. At this point, this sensational robbery was finally over.