In a shocking display of audacity, a woman was caught on CCTV nibbling through an alarm wire to steal a high-end iPhone from an Apple Store in Fuzhou, Fujian on August 8.

Around 4:00 pm, the woman, later identified as Qiu, was seen loitering near a display counter, seemingly innocently playing with a demo phone. After a few moments, she tried pulling at the phone's security wire. Failing to detach it by hand, she astonishingly bent down and started biting at it. After successfully severing the wire with her teeth, she slipped the iPhone 14 Plus, worth a staggering £700, into her bag, casually strolled out of the store, and vanished from the camera's view.

The entire episode took just over ten minutes. Alarmingly, although the theft triggered the store's anti-theft alarm, staff attending to other customers assumed it was a false alarm or a system glitch and promptly turned it off.

It was only after Qiu had left the store that a staff member noticed the lonely, bitten-through security wire on the display counter and the missing iPhone. The store's surveillance footage confirmed their worst suspicions, leading them to promptly notify the police.

Responding swiftly, officers from the Xiangyuan police station arrived on the scene, retrieving the surveillance footage. Leveraging facial recognition technology and movement analysis, they managed to trace Qiu.

When questioned, Qiu admitted that she had lost her phone recently. She originally intended to buy a new one but was put off by the high price of the iPhone, leading her to entertain the idea of theft. She hadn't even started using the stolen phone when the police tracked her down.

Currently, Qiu is under criminal detention on suspicion of theft. The investigation is ongoing.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

8月8日下午4时许，福建福州一家苹果产品专卖店内，一女子来到展示柜前徘徊，开始把玩展示用的手机，把玩了一会儿后，她用力扯了几下手机的防盗线，随后竟然俯下身子，用牙齿撕咬起防盗线来，最终她咬断了保护线并将手机放进脚边的包内，缓步离开了商铺，消失在监控画面之外。从女子在画面中出现到离开商铺，整个过程十来分钟。在这期间，手机防丢警报被触发。正在招呼其他客人的店员巡视后未发现异样，以为是误触或系统误报，便关闭了警报。
在该女子离开商铺后，店员发现该女子此前徘徊的展示柜上，空留一根手机保护线，一部售价近7000元的iPhone 14 plus手机不见了。经查看监控后，初步判断手机是被该女子带走，店员随即报警。
接到报警后，象园派出所民警立即赶赴现场，调取现场监控录像，并通过人像识别、行动轨迹分析等技术手段进行研判分析，仅用时30分钟，就将刚入家门的邱姓女子抓获。到案后，邱某对偷盗手机的犯罪事实供认不讳。
据邱某交代，因前段时间自己手机丢失，打算进店买手机，但又觉得手机太贵，于是动了歪心思。没想到，偷盗的手机还没开始用，民警就找上了门。
目前，邱某因涉嫌盗窃罪被依法刑事拘留，案件还在进一步审理中。