Police have detained an unemployed man for 10 days for stealing coins tossed into a pond for good luck in southwest China, according to a news website report.
The man was caught by security staff on Wednesday at the tourist attraction in Yushui village near Lijiang in Yunnan province, Thepaper.cn reported.
He was using a 140cm-long steel tube with a magnet on the end to lift coins from the pond, according to the report.
Lucky coins at the bottom the pond. Photo: Handout
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He was caught clutching 7.20 yuan (US$1) in coins when stopped, but police said it was not the first time he had tried to steal from the pond.
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The man, whose full name was not given, was quoted as saying he had also tried to take cash from the site earlier this month.
