Woman is rescued after ordering 'takeout' from police

A woman being held against her will at a house in Central China's Henan province was rescued by police Wednesday after dialing the 110 emergency number to order "takeout".

Zhang Shujuan, 49, a female police officer with the Xinxiang Public Security Bureau, was answering phone calls when a young woman on the other end of the line asked for takeout.

The phone call came in at 2:42 pm, and Zhang said she answered as usual, "Hello, this is the 110 emergency center", when she heard a young woman saying, "You send me some food, I will make an order later".

Since the emergency center sometimes receives phone calls meant for food delivery, Zhang thought it was such a call.

When Zhang repeated this was the emergency center, the young woman said, "I know, I know", and repeated, "You send me here, I will make the order later".

"Sorry, we are not in charge of sending food," Zhang said. The young woman then said in a low voice, "Please send me the food, I cannot go out. If I can, I will not need you to send the food."

Hearing that, Zhang realized that the woman was in trouble. "Okay, where should we send it?" The young woman immediately told her the address, emphasizing, "I am wearing a white coat, black T-shirt, and my hair has bangs and a braid".

Zhang asked if someone was near her and was coercing her. The young woman answered "Yes" and asked, "When you will arrive?"

"We will arrive as soon as possible," Zhang said.

Because the young woman was in the urban area of Xinxiang city, Zhang reported the case to the city public security bureau. Police soon arrived at the site to help the woman out.

The caller, a woman surnamed Li, 20, said she came to Xinxiang recently after meeting a man through the internet. The man said he would help her find a job in Xinxiang, but when she arrived, she was held against her will at a house. When she asked him about ordering takeout for lunch, she got the chance to call police.