A beginner's guide for thieves...Another brilliant idea from the people who brought us 'See it, say it, sorted'...
This time the British Transport Police have produced a free leaflet which proves to be a handy guide to how to steal either someone's luggage or their mobile phone...
'A Guide to Gadget-Grabbers' Tactics', complete with beautifully clear illustrations, shows how to take a phone from someone who has fallen asleep on the train, or someone who has put their phone on the seat while they stow their luggage; and how to snatch someone's phone and escape just before the train pulls out.
On the flip side of the leaflet, 'A Guide to Luggage-Lifters' Tactics' includes similar wheezes for stealing suitcases, plus how to take someone's case while they are distracted in a station café, and how to steal it from the overhead rack in a carriage while they are looking the other way.
The free leaflet, available at railway stations, suggests, 'Don't be a victim' but seems to miss the point that this pocket-size document constitutes a handy beginner's guide to nicking stuff.
Did no one think that would-be criminals could see it, learn it... and be sorted... ?
