20s Pizza Delivery Worker Steals Over 1 Million Won Worth of Parcels While Going Around Apartments

Police Arrest Man in His 20s on Charges of Repeated Theft
Stole Packages 18 Times from Apartment Over Two Months

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] A man in his 20s who worked as a pizza delivery driver and habitually stole packages left in front of apartment doors was caught by the police.

On the 11th, the Dongjak Police Station in Seoul announced that they had apprehended and were investigating a pizza delivery driver, A (28), on charges of habitual theft.

According to the police, A is suspected of stealing packages about 18 times from apartments he visited while delivering pizzas in the Dongjak-gu, Seocho-gu, and Gwanak-gu areas of Seoul from December last year to February this year. It was found that he took advantage of his position as a pizza delivery driver to easily enter the apartments.

Police investigations revealed that after completing deliveries, A would move to the highest floor of the apartment building and go down one floor at a time, hiding packages left in the hallways inside his pizza delivery bag. He exploited the fact that, due to COVID-19, packages were delivered contactlessly and left in front of each unit's door.

Many apartments did not have closed-circuit television (CCTV) installed in the hallways, and since A only stole items small enough to fit into his delivery bag, the crimes went undetected for a long time.

However, A’s crimes were eventually uncovered when the police, analyzing apartment CCTV footage after receiving reports that "packages had disappeared," noticed that A’s bag looked noticeably bulging as he left the apartment. Suspicious, the police conducted a search of A’s home.

At his residence, about ten delivery boxes addressed to recipients other than A were found. Inside the boxes were daily necessities and clothing worth about 700,000 won, totaling approximately 1 million won in goods.

A is known to have a prior record of imprisonment for theft. During the police investigation, he mostly admitted to the charges and reportedly stated that he committed the crimes due to financial difficulties. The police plan to transfer the case to the prosecution soon.

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