The latest case of Hongsibao Procuratorate: gang theft.

Gang theft shall be convicted and sentenced according to the amount of theft and the circumstances of the crime.

Theft refers to the act of secretly stealing a large amount of public and private property for the purpose of illegal possession, or repeatedly stealing, burglary, theft with a weapon, and pickpocketing public and private property.

Criminal Law: Article 264 Whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or commits theft, burglary, armed theft or pickpocketing for many times, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft: Article 1 Whoever steals public or private property in an amount of more than 1,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan, more than 100,000 yuan, more than 300,000 yuan and more than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "a large amount", "a huge amount" and "a particularly huge amount" as stipulated in Article 264 of the Criminal Law respectively.

The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the local economic development and the situation of social security, determine the specific amount standards implemented in their respective regions within the scope of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.

If theft is carried out on public transport running across regions, and it is impossible to verify the location of the theft, it shall be determined that the amount of theft has reached "a large amount" or "a huge amount" according to the relevant amount standards determined by the higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government where the case is accepted.

Stealing contraband such as drugs should be treated as theft and punished according to the seriousness of the case.