Woman nabs snatch thief and gets back purse
KUANTAN: A 48-year-old woman overpowered a snatch thief who tried to grab her purse and held him with the help of passers-by.
The woman was making a call at a public phone in Taman Sepakat at about 5.30pm on Monday when a man sneaked up from behind and grabbed her purse which she had left on a ledge in the phone booth.
The man then got onto his motorcycle, on which a pillion rider was waiting.
As he tried to start the motorcycle, the woman pulled him by the shirt to the ground and repeatedly whacked him.
Passers-by came to her aid and caught the 35-year-old suspect, while his accomplice fled on the motorcycle.
Deputy Officer-in-Charge of Criminal Investigations Supt Mokhtar Mohd Ali said yesterday that the people took the man to the nearest police station.
The woman got back her purse, which contained about RM200.
Meanwhile, a 46-year-old man died on Monday when he tried to overtake a car on his motorcycle and crashed into a van.
Self-employed Jumaat Ali, from Temerloh, was killed in the 8.30pm incident on the road to Triang.
The van driver was unhurt.
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