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Teenagers booked for stealing balls from KIA Tigers
Four teenagers were booked Tuesday for stealing thousands of baseballs from a warehouse inside the Mudeung Stadium, the home of professional baseball club KIA Tigers, according to police.
The Gwangju Bukbu Police Station said a 17-year-old high school student, identified only by his surname Lee, and three others broke into the storage area and stole 2,000 baseballs, worth 16 million won (14,000), on half a dozen occasions since October last year.
The police said the teenagers broke in through the ceiling using a screwdriver and other tools, and slipped into the warehouse. They were found to have sold the stolen baseballs at 2,000 won a piece on a website dealing with used goods.