Two sticky-fingered gents were arrested by police in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district for making off with a clothing-vendor’s mobile phone yesterday.

The suspects first pretended to peruse the store before sneaking into the back of the shop.

They then proceeded to help themselves to the vendor’s phone, but were spotted and attempted to flee.

Passersby quashed their bid for freedom, with a few swift blows thrown in for good measure, as police arrived to arrest the pair.

Nokorwat