Two men arrested in China's Hubei province for stealing expensive fruit meant for Spring Festival greetings - Chinese report

Two men have been detained by police in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, after stealing valuable fruit. According to a statement released by the local police on the 18th, the person arrested on suspicion of theft was a resident of the same city.
Mr. Xu and Mr. Wang, residents of Shan District. The two broke into a fruit shop in the district on February 9, the day before the Lunar New Year, in order to obtain fruit for gifts for Lunar New Year. Longan, strawberry, American
They stole a total of 15 boxes of fruit, including Kancheri, worth about 10,000 formers (about 210,000 yen) and fled. Police were alerted and searched for the two, and took them into custody about five hours later.
In response to a police investigation, the men said, ``I didn't want to spend money on gifts to take with me when I went to a relative's house to say Chinese New Year greetings.''
That's what it means. All of the stolen fruit was recovered and returned to the fruit shop, except for some that the two men ate. The two are currently in police custody.