Virginia thieves going for the gold

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A team of picky burglars have hit homes in northern Virginia in recent months, taking only the most valuable gold jewelry, police say.

Investigators in Fairfax and Loudon counties say the victims are Indians and South Asians but have no obvious ties to each other like temples or schools, The Washington Post reported. The burglars appear to know which houses are worth their while.

"Most of us didn't even know each other," said Raman Kumar of Centreville, one of the first victims. "But here is the thing: If you know our customs, you know we carry a lot of gold."

The burglaries have occurred during the workweek.

Some people who work at home say they may have been targeted -- until the thieves found out the house was occupied. They report a woman coming to the house and asking for directions when they answered the door.

Kumar said the burglars left computers but took gold jewelry and, especially annoying, a gold statue of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity.

"There is targeting due to gold prices," said Maryann Jennings, a spokeswoman for Fairfax County police. "That's how we are talking about it, rather than ethnicity."

i guess that is better than stealing copper out of electrical components.



#2 old win

That is actually quite creative on the part of otherwise dumb theives.

It never would have occured to me to single out indians to rob, but I do know from watching travel shows and reading about Indian culture that they do have a thing for accumulating lots of gold. Generations of passed-down gold through marriages and so on.

I suppose if I wanted to steal really cheap cologne and $200 t-shirts I'd look for persian and arab names in the phone book.

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बिहार की सड़कों सोने से अटे लेकिन मुझे अमेरिका जाना चाहते हैं

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Google translate says:

"Bihar's streets with gold, but I Ate America wants to."

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The function of conservatives is not to meet every liberal program or scheme with a denunciation or a destructive counterscheme, but rather to weigh its advantages and defects, supporting the first and challenging the second. A declaration of ideological warfare against liberalism is by its nature profoundly unconservative. It meets perceived radicalism with a counterradicalism of its own.

I'm surprised that the burglers would want to go into Indian peoples houses. The curry smell I think would knock them out cold.

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Google translate fuck up. Eet say Bihar streets line with gold but I wan
go to America. You must be Tamil cannot read.