TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The suspect of a convenience store robbery, who made off with only NT$1,790 (US$55.49) on Wednesday (Sept. 28) in Taipei, has been arrested, CNA reported.

The Taipei City Police Department’s Yuanshan Police Station received a call around 2 a.m. that a convenience store on Section 3 of Zhongshan North Road in Zhongshan District was robbed by a knife-wielding man.

According to a police investigation, the clerk of the convenience store at the time said that after a young man entered the store, he took out a knife and asked the clerk to hand over the cash in the register. The clerk gave NT$1,790 (US$55.49) to the robber, who then left the store, per CNA.

After learning the suspect’s escape route and appearance from the clerk, the police set out to search for the suspect and immediately found a man at a nearby park who matched the clerk’s description. Officers ordered him to lie down and discard anything he may have been holding.

The man was later identified as the suspect of the convenience store robbery. The 22-year-old suspect, surnamed Yang (楊), had previous criminal convictions for drug and fraud offenses. He told police that he committed the crime because he was financially strapped and was unable to pay back debts.

Officers later recovered the knife he used in the robbery in a nearby growth of grass and referred him to prosecutors on suspicion of committing robbery, per CNA.