Koryo (left) left court. son (right) from china back to sydney after being arrested at the airport, released leave police station
She and her husband have pleaded guilty gane court and are awaiting next month`s verdict
Detectives secretly spy on 50-year-old colley and shoplifting internet connections that steal stolen goods in sydney, central coast and newcastle (Newcastle) to buy stolen goods at a low price and sell them at a high price, and media today revealed that the thieves used the same technique to hide cans of milk under a trolley mat, and under the cover of associates, dodging the eyes of shop staff and stealing baby milk powder.
Mr. colley, who immigrated from china to australia in 2001 and lives in carlingford (Carlingford) district, northwest of sydney, bought the stolen baby milk powder at a low price from the hands gane stealing it before selling it to chinese customers. When she buys stolen goods from baby milk powder group members, she pays 16 to 25 yuan per can, mainly depending on the brand of milk powder. She sells to China, up to 80 yuan per can.
Insufficient evidence for minor charge
A burglar told police that she often stole 50 to 100 cans of baby formula every day, and Ke paid her about 4000 yuan a week.
Goods are usually delivered in public parking lots at shopping malls and Bunnings hardware stores.
After setting up a task force to crack down on milk powder theft in 2018, the police looked at Collie`s every move and arrest. her with another man in August 2018 when he handed over the stolen goods in the Carlingford Mall parking lot
Collie told police after her arrest that she did not know the baby milk powder was stolen. She and her son were subsequently involved in the milk powder theft case arrest. although her son was returned from china to sydney arrest, but the police later abandoned the case against him for lack of evidence, although the detectives had secretly observed that the couple and their son unloaded several boxes of baby milk powder from the car into the home prosecute his son-in-law.
Prosecutors initially accusation Colley to buy and sell baby milk, knowing it was stolen. After months of court trials, however, it became clear that there was no direct evidence that the couple knew the milk powder was stolen and that they had been charged with less reckless disposal of the proceeds of crime.
Collier and her husband recently admitted to the Baramada (Parramatta) District Court for reckless disposal of property proceeds of crime. They will be sentenced by the court next month.
The thief confessed to selling Collie
The police found at least 10 burglars stealing baby formula between November 2017 and August 2018, using a similar method, hiding milk powder cans under the bottom mat or other items of carts in Coles,Woolworths,Chemist Warehouse and IGA supermarkets and and stores to cover up the stolen milk powder, according to the court evidence submitted by the police.
The evidence states :" One of the offenders will act as a shop monitor throughout the process. "
"An offender will attend a self-service check-out and distract the supermarket staff, while another offender, with baby milk powder hidden under a cart, leave the shop without paying. "
After police captured six of the gane, they confessed to regularly selling stolen baby formula to Colley.
Police monitored and recorded cell phone calls with Collie and the supplier, including the reason why Collie switched the connector from the Bunnings hardware store parking lot to the Carlingford Mall parking lot because "(Bunnings hardware store) was crowded. Doing this is safer than Bunnings hardware store. "
Detectives found part of thousands of cans of baby milk from Collie`s house
After collecting enough information, the special agent raided Collie`s scene of receiving stolen goods in August 2018 and searched her home, and found more than 215,000 yuan in cash at her home, as well as 4000 cans of baby milk powder.
The investigators also found business records related to the purchase of infant formula by legal wholesalers, but the inspection found no purchases during the theft of infant formula.
Court documents showed that the prosecutor could not prove that all the money seized during the search was the proceeds of sales of infant formula.
However, the relevant documents indicate that between November 2017 and August 2018, Colley deposited 394,000 yuan into a partner-controlled account ," part of which is the proceeds from the sale of stolen infant formula ".
Police checked the telephone records of Collie and found that there were thousands of baby formula transactions between Chinese customers and Collie between November 2017 and August 2018.
The investigation and prosecution of the case has almost come to an end, but the new state police said they will continue to fight similar crimes.
