German police said that they have arrested one of two British men suspected of selling bags that they said held laptops and mobile phones but which in reality contained potatoes.
Authorities believe the pair managed to pull the wool over the eyes of about 40 people in two German states driving around in a car with British number plates, convincing them to hand over cash for the electronic hardware but giving them spuds instead.
A shopowner in Hildesheim near Hanover telephoned the police after becoming suspicious — he had read in the paper about swindlers in a right-hand-drive car — but the two men left the scene.
Later the same day in the same town the two men were attempting to sell laptops to a group of people that included, unfortunately for them, someone who had come across them before and who then also rang the police.
“The police were quickly at the scene but the two suspected con men fled ... They sped down Kaiserstrasse in their metallic green Opel, going through several red lights and endangering other road users,” police said.
The 32-year-old man was arrested after the chase ended but the second man, aged 20 and whom the police have since identified, was able to flee on foot despite being trailed by a police helicopter. They believe he may be armed. (AFP)
德國警方表示,他們已逮捕兩名英籍詐騙嫌犯中的一人,這兩名男子佯稱販售筆記型電腦和手機,卻將袋中物品掉包成馬鈴薯。
有關當局相信,這兩名嫌犯駕駛一輛掛英國車牌的車在德國兩邦間來往,受騙的消費者約有四十人,他們說服受害者用現金向他們購買電子硬體,成交後卻以馬鈴薯掉包。
鄰近漢諾威市的希爾德斯海姆鎮有一位店主,看到兩名疑似報導中開右駕車的洋芋騙子後,打電話報警,只是警方趕到現場時兩名男子已經離開。
當天稍晚,這兩名男子又出現在鎮上,企圖向一群人推銷筆電,(對他們而言)不幸的是,其中有人曾遇過他們,此人於是報警。
警方說:「員警很快就趕到現場,但兩名詐欺嫌犯已經逃走了…他們開著綠色的歐寶汽車在凱薩街上疾駛,沿途闖了好幾個紅燈,危及其他用路人的安全。」
警方最後追捕到這名三十二歲的男子,但另一名警方已確認身份的二十歲男子,在警方出動直昇機追捕下仍徒步逃跑。警方認為他可能持有槍械。 (法新社╱翻譯:袁星塵)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
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