Pickpocket band out of action

photo: Flickr Steven Depolo
photo: Flickr Steven Depolo

Six young women of Bosnian origin have been arrested at an apartment in Carros and placed in pre-trial detention following a lengthy crime spree along the coast. Two among them, minors, were admitted to children’s homes.

The young thieves specialised in handbags, according to the police, who discovered scores of luxury bags and banknotes in several currencies, including Saudi riyals, US, Australian and Hong Kong dollars, and Chinese yuan.

The targeted victims were mainly tourists from Asia. Apparently these holidaymakers have a reputation for paying in cash, and carrying large sums of money on them. The thieves remitted their cash gains to Bosnia using money orders.

A summer-long investigation by special officers reportedly identified a total of 60 thieves.


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