Legal analysis: it should be judged according to the specific situation. For the purpose of illegal possession, theft amounts to 1000 yuan, or repeated theft, burglary, theft with a weapon or pickpocketing can constitute theft. The police who constitute theft should file a case for investigation.

Legal basis: Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft Article 1 Whoever steals public or private property in an amount of more than 1,000 yuan and less than 3,000 yuan, more than 30,000 yuan and more than 300,000 yuan and more than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as "a large amount", "a huge amount" and "a particularly huge amount" as stipulated in Article 264 of the Criminal Law.

The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, according to the local economic development and the situation of social security, determine the specific amount standards implemented in their respective regions within the scope of the amount specified in the preceding paragraph and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.

If theft is carried out on public transport running across regions, and it is impossible to verify the location of the theft, it shall be determined that the amount of theft has reached "a large amount" or "a huge amount" according to the relevant amount standards determined by the higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government where the case is accepted.

Stealing contraband such as drugs should be treated as theft and punished according to the seriousness of the case.

Article 264 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a murder weapon or pickpockets, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.