Officials have asked citizens to contact police on 15 if they see any suspicious activity.
Pickpocket children gang traced in Lahore ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. The Punjab Safe City Authority has detected a gang of children involved in pickpocketing activities during the ongoing shopping ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr 2024.
The authority shared a video of the group, supervised by an adult, taking mobile phones and other belongings from citizens without reporting the theft.
A gang of children was tracked down after a woman in Lahore’s Anarkali Bazaar received a complaint against the police about stealing a mobile phone.
After receiving the complaint, officials checked the CCTV footage of the area and found that a group of three children were stealing the mobile phone from the woman’s purse while she was sitting inside the rickshaw.
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The video shows a child running in the other direction after stealing the phone. Later, the gang members can be seen leaving the car.
Officials have asked citizens to contact police on 15 if they see any suspicious activity.