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\"Police<\/a>A man in China used a forklift to smash through the locked iron gate of a jewelry store there, then threatened to kill two store workers if they resisted the robbery attempt, police said.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred about 3 a.m. Saturday, February 6, in Lianhua County of Jiangxi province, according to news accounts<\/a> in the People’s Daily, the Chinese national newspaper.<\/p>\n

The jewelry store owner’s son and his wife were working late inside Kin Liu Fook, a local branch of a Hong Kong-based jewelry chain — on Kangda West Road in the county’s busy business district. Suddenly, the couple saw a man outside who was wearing a motorbike helmet climb into a forklift.<\/p>\n

Forklift Smashes Through Metal Gate<\/strong><\/p>\n

The man then used the vehicle to ram through the store’s locked metal security shutters. The man then climbed off the forklift, brandished a gun and an iron hammer and threatened to shoot the pair if they moved.<\/p>\n

The suspect then began grabbing numerous items of jewelry.<\/p>\n

Crashing through the gates with the forklift triggered an automatic alarm and police quickly arrived on the scene and arrested the suspect.<\/p>\n

Forklift Crime in the US<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using a forklift to commit a crime isn’t just something that happens in China. It has happened here as well.<\/p>\n

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“Smash and Dash” is a type of popular new crime in which thieves use a stolen forklift to steal the contents of an ATM machine.<\/p>\n

In September, police in Dickinson, North Dakota — a tiny town located about 97 miles west of Bismark that also is home to the Dakota Dinosaur Museum — said somebody stole an industrial-sized forklift to try to rob the ATM at the drive-in banking area of the local Wells Fargo bank branch.<\/p>\n

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But the North Dakota incident was only the latest in a type of crime that is growing in popularity. In White House, Tennessee, detectives last year investigated two separate incidents involving stolen forklifts and burglarized ATMs.<\/p>\n

The most recent attempted theft occurred October of 2014 at the Farmer’s Bank’s branch in the town, which is located about 22 miles north of Nashville. About 4:15 a.m., automated alarms caused police to rush to the bank, where they found the bank’s outside ATM lying on its side on the ground with a forklift still running nearby.<\/p>\n

The suspects got away.<\/p>\n

‘Smash and Dash’ on the Rise<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smash and Dash<\/a> crimes are especially popular in areas where there is a boom in housing — meaning a lot of construction sites containing unattended forklifts and drive-through banks with outdoor ATMs.<\/p>\n

At the height of the 2006 housing boom in Phoenix, Arizona, for example, there were 21 attempted thefts of ATMs using forklifts. And it’s not just a US and UK phenomenon. Smash and Dash crimes also have been reported in Canada, New Zealand, Estonia, Scotland and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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