Man picked up mobile phone and demanded 1,000 yuan before returning it, using courier "cash on delivery"

News August 3rd: Losing your mobile phone is a very painful thing. Not to mention the value of the mobile phone itself, the information inside will be even more valuable. Recently, a citizen in Mianyang lost his mobile phone, but the man who found it asked for a reward of 1,000 yuan, and also paid cash on delivery to deliver the mobile phone.

According to reports, on the evening of July 31, citizen Wang Qiang and his family accidentally lost a bag in Tieniu Plaza. The most valuable thing in the bag was a second-hand Apple iPhone 6s mobile phone, because it was not expensive. , so Wang Qiang planned to buy a new mobile phone. Just when Wang Qiang and his family were about to buy a new mobile phone, Yang, the person who found the mobile phone, sent a text message directly asking for 1,000 yuan in reward.

Since the iPhone cost only 1,200 yuan when it was bought a year ago, Wang Qiang began to negotiate with Yang, hoping to pay less, but this request was rejected. Yang said on WeChat: "The mobile phone is not valuable, but the things inside the mobile phone are valuable." Feeling that they were being blackmailed, Wang Qiang and his family reported the case to the Chengxiang Police Station.

The police stated that such incidents of lost items do not belong to public security or criminal cases and are not within the scope of the police station’s responsibilities. In order to resolve the matter as quickly as possible, the police decided to coordinate. However, since Yang refused to meet and only asked the owner to transfer money through WeChat first, the police wanted Yang to send the lost property by express delivery. After further communication, Yang agreed to mail the lost items by express delivery. The chosen method was "cash on delivery" and the payment amount was 800 yuan.

The package was sent to a community near the Chengxiang Police Station, and the police immediately detained the items in accordance with the law. The police tried to contact Yang. Finally, on the afternoon of August 1, Yang agreed to meet Wang Qiang at the police station. Finally, under the coordination of the police at the police station, the two parties reached an agreement. Yang returned the mobile phone and other lost items to Wang Qiang, and Wang Qiang paid him 241 yuan, of which 41 yuan was the cost of taking a taxi to the police station and sending express delivery.