Den of thieves: Chinese villa packed to the rafters with stolen goods, including gym equipment and massage chairs
Criminals amassed their haul in Shandong province over two years, according to TV report
Two thieves in eastern China lived a luxurious lifestyle at the villa they shared after they filled it with the expensive goods they stole, including equipment to set up a gym and a pair of stone lions for their front gate, according to a television report.
The pair from Linqu county in Shandong province stole on more than 100 occasions over the past two years, according to the report on Shandong Television.
The goods were worth about 800,000 yuan (HK$955,000), the report said.
The items included redwood furniture, massage chairs, gym equipment, a Tibetan mastiff dog and the lions statues at the front gate.
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Other items ranged from televisions, computers and electric bicycles to jewellery and cash, the authorities said.