``I'll check the condition of the second-hand item''...A man in his 20s is arrested after running away with a Rolex watch worth 19 million won - South Korean report

A man in his 20s and his two accomplices were arrested after they said they wanted to check the condition of the item during a used goods transaction and fled with the luxury watch.
On the 6th, Jeju Dongbu Police Station arrested Suspect A (20) on suspicion of special theft, and arrested him at the high school of his accomplice.
announced that they have requested arrest warrants for two people, including Suspect B (20), a classmate of the school. At around 11:15 a.m. on the 1st, Suspect A was in the middle of trading a used Rolex in a residential area in Jeju City.
He is suspected of fleeing with the watch given to him by the seller. Prior to this, the seller posted on a used goods trading website that he would be selling a Rolex with a used market value of 19 million won (approximately 2.12 million yen).
I found out that it was. Suspect A met the seller, said he would ``check the condition of the item,'' and is believed to have snatched the watch and fled.
Police responded to the report and arrested Suspect A, who was attempting to dispose of the watch at a pawn shop.
In addition, two people, including Suspect B, who co-conspirated with Suspect A, are also being interrogated. A police official said, ``Recently, an incident occurred during the direct transaction of expensive used items.
``There are many cases where these transactions occur,'' and cautioned that ``people must be especially careful when transacting high-value items.''