Have Wuhan citizens been detained for stealing roses and peonies in universities?

Recently, four people including Tao Mou, a citizen of Wuhan, dug up more than 30 roses and peonies in a high school in Wuhan. The university said that the stolen flowers and plants were worth nearly 27,300 yuan. At present, the person involved has been criminally detained by the police.

According to the police report, on June 27th, Hongshan Branch of Wuhan Public Security Bureau 165438+ Mafangshan Police Station received an alarm from a university in its jurisdiction, claiming that seven Nanyang roses and six Luoyang peonies were stolen from the peony garden of the school. The police immediately rushed to the school to check the surveillance video and informed the university security office to strengthen night patrols.

65438+At 4 o'clock in the morning on February 4th, the university security office found that a private car contained two newly picked Nanyang rose plants and 17 Luoyang peony plants. The police who arrived later brought four people in the car back to the police station for investigation.

After investigation,165438+1In the early morning of October 27th, Tao saw wild flowers on the roadside after eating a midnight snack with her boyfriend and two friends, ready to pick them and raise them. Boyfriend Liao told Tao that the flowers in a university peony garden are much more beautiful than these wild flowers. Four people immediately drove to the University Peony Garden, pulled out seven roses and six peonies from the soil by hand, and transported them to the house rented by Tao.

After transplanting the picked roses and peonies into his flowerpot, Tao returned to the peony garden with her boyfriend and other four people on the evening of February 3, 65438 to steal flowers. This time, Tao and others prepared shovels, shovels, scissors and other tools in advance, and picked two roses and 17 peonies in just half an hour. When the car was packed and ready to leave, it was caught by the patrol

The University Security Office told the police handling the case that these roses and peonies were donated to the school by Nanyang Municipal Government and Luoyang alumni respectively. Each rose in Nanyang was worth 1500 yuan, while each peony in Luoyang was worth 600 yuan. Nine Nanyang roses and 23 Luoyang peonies stolen twice totaled 27,300 yuan.

At present, four people, including Tao and Liao, have been criminally detained by Hongshan police on suspicion of theft. Among them, Tao was released on bail pending trial because he had children to look after. The case is under further investigation.