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Conspicuous Thief Pickpockets with Chopsticks (VIDEO)

By Doris Molenaar

If you thought chopsticks were only for eating, you were wrong. They are also good back-scratching aids, great stools and excellent pickpocketing tools. A Chinese man was caught on surveillance camera using chopsticks for the latter purpose. He sneaks up behind his victim and when he sees his opportunity, draws his chopsticks and snakes a smartphone out of the victim's pocket. Very slick. For those with short fingers who are trying to get into the pickpocketing business, this might be the way to do it:   Now that is real chopstick skill.  Though, it was probably a bad idea to do it both in front of a surveillance camera, as well as a police officer. I Married a Mobster Deadly Women

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on August 01, 2011 (boomark / email).