In Moscow, a robber was detained after stealing a neighbor’s phone while walking on the subway platform. The Public Prosecutor’s Office reported Telegram-channel.
The incident, recorded on video, occurred at the Nagatinskaya metro station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line.
As seen in the images released, a man sitting on the left bench is talking on the phone and walking towards the door as the train approaches the station. A man in a black baseball cap follows him and picks up the device while its owner steps onto the platform and is still talking about it.
The victim immediately chases after and demands the return of what was stolen, but fails to catch up with the thief and manages to escape. The victim of the robbery estimated the damage at 50 thousand rubles.
Thanks to CCTV cameras, the police identified and detained the thief. It turned out to be a previously convicted 20-year-old boy who said he stole the password from the phone and decided to get hold of it. He reset the device to factory settings using a pin code and sold it for 4 thousand rubles.
A theft case was filed against the perpetrator. It is under the control of the Moscow Metro prosecutor’s office.
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