Police warn of jewelry robberies on buses

SHANGHAI - The police warned the public to exercise caution when traveling on city buses after they recently caught a gang of eight that targeted passengers' jewelry on downtown bus routes.

Ten gold necklaces worth over 50,000 yuan ($7,500) were seized along with the gang, which had committed 22 crimes in Shanghai since September 2009, police said.

"In the summer time, passengers wear less and tend to have their necklaces, bracelets and other accessories exposed, which is an invitation to robbers," Ding Jiaxiang, head of the public transportation crime department of the Shanghai public security bureau, said at a press conference on Monday.