Comments on: A pickpocket updates his technique http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/06/pickpocket-technique/ or, High and Dry on the Streets of Elsewhere Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bram (the Netherlands) http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/06/pickpocket-technique/#comment-312 Bram (the Netherlands) Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:03:43 +0000 http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=236#comment-312 For months I was wondering why this guy put mustard on the back of my girlfriends coat. Now I get the picture. Not some pervert fetish of some kind but a preperation for a pickpocket scam. We were just strolling in the evening in the backstreets of Barcelona while looking at a map like real tourists do and suddenly out of nowhere he sprayed this stuff from what I saw a plastic bottle. I don't know if my shouting in Spanish ("hey que pasa!") scared him off or just because I busted him in his act. He vanished in thin air. But than again.. maybe he was just a pervert because he made an effort to make a double circular motion while spraying and the plastic bottle made this distinguished "pfffrrrtt" sound which would have alerted even my halfdeaf grandma... For months I was wondering why this guy put mustard on the back of my girlfriends coat. Now I get the picture. Not some pervert fetish of some kind but a preperation for a pickpocket scam.

We were just strolling in the evening in the backstreets of Barcelona while looking at a map like real tourists do and suddenly out of nowhere he sprayed this stuff from what I saw a plastic bottle. I don’t know if my shouting in Spanish (”hey que pasa!”) scared him off or just because I busted him in his act. He vanished in thin air. But than again.. maybe he was just a pervert because he made an effort to make a double circular motion while spraying and the plastic bottle made this distinguished “pfffrrrtt” sound which would have alerted even my halfdeaf grandma…

]]> By: y e l m http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/06/pickpocket-technique/#comment-173 y e l m Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:34:20 +0000 http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=236#comment-173 Risky business. Don't go down those narrow alleys in Naples! Risky business. Don’t go down those narrow alleys in Naples!

]]> By: Thiefhunters in Paradise » Pigeon poop pickpocket http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/06/pickpocket-technique/#comment-161 Thiefhunters in Paradise » Pigeon poop pickpocket Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:46:24 +0000 http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=236#comment-161 [...] next day we found Kharem approaching marks on La Rambla, and we showed him photos of Manel. No, Kharem said, his name is [...] [...] next day we found Kharem approaching marks on La Rambla, and we showed him photos of Manel. No, Kharem said, his name is [...]

]]> By: Thiefhunters in Paradise » Barcelona street crime today http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/06/pickpocket-technique/#comment-154 Thiefhunters in Paradise » Barcelona street crime today Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:34:39 +0000 http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=236#comment-154 [...] us in the middle of lunch hour on a broad business and shopping street, across from a big hotel. Kharem, whom we’ve found almost every year since 2001, was hard at work with a brand new style on [...] [...] us in the middle of lunch hour on a broad business and shopping street, across from a big hotel. Kharem, whom we’ve found almost every year since 2001, was hard at work with a brand new style on [...]

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