A migrant worker from Sichuan Province lost his job and was jailed for three months after stealing a set of tools he planned to sell in his home town, Shanghai Morning Post reports.

Lin received a call from home asking him to come back to visit his grandfather who fell ill in early July.

After receiving permission from his employer, he packed his luggage, concealing a set of Bosch tools stolen from work inside, thinking could sell it for a good price back home.

But his nervous demeanour aroused the suspicions of security staff at the long-distance bus station.

Lin never made it back home to visit his sick grandfather but was put behind bars instead.

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