Police arrest fugitive who relieved stress via washing‑machine noise, consuming over 1,000 tons of water in three years
A police officer from Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi Province, apprehended a long‑time fugitive after becoming suspicious of a household that had consumed more than 1,000 tons of water over three years. The fugitive, gripped by fear of being caught, had relied on the constant roar of a washing machine every day to calm his nerves. […]