Moment undercover Met Police officers arrest brazen phone snatcher in Soho A total of 293 arrests were made in London for personal robbery in June By Ryan Prosser Published: 20:02 EDT, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 20:02 EDT, 21 August 2024 e-mail View comments This is the moment police officers caught a brazen phone thief in Soho, central London . Plain clothes officers PC Josh Lowther and PC Stephen Rogers where on patrol on Friday July 5 when they caught snatcher Kadi Nasser in the act. Footage shows Nasser, dressed in white, crossing a busy street before grabbing a phone from the back pocket of an unsuspecting victim.
The thief was spotted by the two officers who retrieved the stolen mobile and returned it to its owner. Nasser, 25, pleaded guilty to theft at Westminster Magistrates Court, where he was sentenced to 30 weeks in prison on July 8. Video footage showed the moment plain clothes officers caught brazen phone thief Kadi Nasser as he snatched a phone from a unsuspecting victim in Soho, central London Detective Superintendent Sargent Hussain, who is in charge of phone robbery at the Metropolitan Police , said: 'Robbery and theft are invasive and often violent crimes.
I want to therefore applaud the quick-thinking actions of these two officers for returning the victim's phone, putting a street thief behind bars, and helping to make London safer. Read More Two asylum seekers who robbed a reveller of his £25,000 gold Rolex in London walk free from court 'Met officers are .