A poorly thought-out scheme ended with a thief’s arrest in Kampong Cham’s Memot district on Monday.

Police said the 30-year-old was loitering in a market when he noticed a phone repairer had stepped away from his stall.

When a prospective customer walked up, the suspect simply got behind the counter, pretended to examine her phone, and then bolted.

He didn’t make it far before market security grabbed him.

Kampuchea Thmey