New trick by pickpockets

New trick by pickpockets

From Kompas

Now pickpockets have a new ruse they employ in minivans operating as public transportation.

Two or more men offer the passengers brochures of traditional medicine for free. One of them offers a free massage to the would-be victim, while the other sits next to him. When the attention of the victim is diverted, the one sitting next to him empties the contents of his pocket.

On leaving the minivan, oddly, they often boldly say: "You've lost your cellular phone, haven't you?" In the confusion, one is never sure which one of them committed the crime. It could quite possibly be the third one, who posed as a passenger and was left sitting quietly after the "brochure distributors" got out of the minivan.

ADE J AHYAR

Jakarta