Foot massage new trick for cell phone thieves

Wily theives are offering to massage people's feet and then stealing their cell phones, according to the Tangerang Police, reports The Jakarta Post.

"This is the new modus operandi for cell-phone theft in public minivans," precinct chief Adj. Comr. Sunardi said Sunday.

"Police arrested two men, aged 29 and 31, for the theft of a cellphone Sunday. Witnesses said one of the men offered to give a foot massage to a woman. While one man was massaging the victim's foot and talking to her, witnesses allege the other took the woman's cell phone from inside her bag."

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