Police Break Up Gang Stealing Car Doors
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Police have stopped a criminal gang. The gang stole doors from cars.
Three men are suspects in this case. They are now in pretrial detention. This means they stay in jail before their trial.
The suspects stole doors from an Audi car. Audi is a car brand.
Police say the gang was part of a criminal network. This network worked only with car doors.
The police action has stopped this group's work. The gang cannot steal car doors anymore.
This case shows that police are watching car crime closely. People with expensive cars should be careful.
Vocabulary10 words
- gang
- a group of people who do bad things together
- pretrial detention
- staying in jail before going to court
- Audi
- a brand name for cars
- criminal network
- a group of people who work together to break the law
- suspect
- a person police think did a crime
- theft
- the act of stealing something
- case
- a crime that police are looking at
- jail
- a place where bad people stay as punishment
- brand
- the name of a company that makes a product
- trial
- when a court decides if someone is guilty
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Answer key
1. Car doors 2. Three 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Police have stopped a criminal _____. The gang stole doors from cars.
Three men are _____ in this case. They are now in pretrial _____.
The suspects stole doors from an _____ car.
Police say the gang was part of a criminal _____. This network worked only with car doors.
The police action has stopped this group's work. The gang cannot steal car doors _____.
This case shows that police are watching car _____ closely.
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