A Jiangsu man stole a nucleic acid specimen transport box just to bring food. What punishment will the man involved face?

A man in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province stole a nucleic acid specimen transport box from the isolation point in order to bring food. Since the transport box has a high technological content and is worth more than 8,000 yuan, it is a criminal case and the man will be held criminally responsible. The police are still finalizing the specific punishment.

The man, Miao, rents a house near the quarantine hotel. He usually works as a bricklayer nearby. Due to the restrictions on the working place, it is inconvenient to bring food. Obviously he did not have an insulated box or bag. He was troubled by bringing food. When he saw the transfer box, he had an idea and thought it was very suitable for bringing food, so he put the box into a snakeskin when passing by the isolation point. Bag, secretly took it away.

After taking it home, he saw a text label on the outside of the box saying "Special for sending nucleic acid samples of the new coronavirus for testing" and "Biological danger". The man was afraid of being infected by the virus, so he didn't dare to use it, and he didn't dare to throw it away casually. , afraid of being discovered. So he threw the transfer box into a nearby house that had not been occupied for a long time.

After discovering that the transfer box was missing, the medical staff at the isolation point first searched for it and called the police when they didn't find it. After the police obtained surveillance footage from the scene, they identified the suspect Miao. After investigation and search, the police determined Miao's residence. Then he squatted outside his residence, but Miao was not at home. Miao did not come back until around 8 p.m. When he opened the door, he was controlled by the police. After Miao was caught by the police, he admitted the facts and motives of his crime after seeing the evidence, and recovered the stolen transfer box from his neighbor's house.

Both the investigators and the reporter never imagined that the motive for this "transfer box theft case" was actually the lack of an insulated lunch box, and they wanted to steal the transfer box to keep the lunch box warm.

According to our country's laws, when the value of theft exceeds 8,000 yuan, it is a criminal case. Miao did not expect that he just wanted to steal an "insulated lunch box" and was criminally responsible for stealing it, but he needs to bear the responsibility for what he did.