Watch This Dramatic CCTV shows moment police tackle brazen thief seconds after he snatches phone from victim’s pocket By Jessica Martin Comment Published 24th Aug 2024, 05:00 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now This video More videos Watch CCTV of the moment a brazen thief dashes across a road to steal a member of the public’s phone - before plain-clothed police move in to arrest him. Dramatic CCTV shows the moment plain-clothed police officers tackled and arrested a street thief, seconds after he snatched a phone from his victim’s back pocket.
In the footage, a man dressed in white can be seen running across a road, before he steals a mobile phone from the back pocket of his unaware victim. Witnessing this, PC Josh Lowther and PC Stephen Rogers, who were out patrolling the area, race to tackle and arrest the thief. The officers later retrieved the stolen phone and returned it to its unwitting owner.
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