A man attempted to rob a woman by covering her dinner in a sedative after he tricked her into believing someone was outside her house looking for her, according to Chinese online news outlet KNews. He claimed he needed the money for medical fees for his pregnant wife, who was soon to deliver.
The woman, surname Xu, called the authorities after she found the powder on the evening of June 25. Police in Suzhou City of China’s Jiangsu Province inspected her security camera footage and found that her neighbor, surname Li, was the only person to enter the apartment while Xu had stepped out.